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Beefsteak Fungus

Fistulina hepatica

1,535Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
87Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb3
Mar2
Apr1
May2
Jun2
Jul32
Aug293
Sep600
Oct508
Nov64
Dec8

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England174
2Surrey England56
3Gloucestershire England55
4Cornwall England48
5Cambridgeshire England45
6Bristol, City of England36
7Essex England35
8Kent England29
9Oxfordshire England29
10Devon England24
11Cheshire East England24
12Somerset England21
13Perth and Kinross Scotland17
14Highland Scotland15
15Argyll and Bute Scotland15
1,319 England90 Scotland61 Wales38 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 87 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,535
Peak month
September
Counties with records
87
Scientific name
Fistulina hepatica
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
926
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Surrey, Gloucestershire
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Fistulinaceae
Genus
Fistulina
Name with authority
Fistulina hepatica (Schaeff.) With.
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q631566 · GBIF 2531012