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Big sheath mushroom

Volvopluteus gloiocephalus

734Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
62Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb1
Mar0
Apr2
May28
Jun27
Jul18
Aug28
Sep57
Oct282
Nov239
Dec28

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England114
2Cambridgeshire England104
3Worcestershire England22
4Bristol, City of England19
5Gloucestershire England16
6Surrey England13
7Kent England12
8Oxfordshire England12
9Somerset England12
10Sefton England10
11Suffolk England9
12Cornwall England9
13North Yorkshire England9
14Ards and North Down Northern Ireland9
15Belfast Northern Ireland9
626 England27 Scotland19 Wales50 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 62 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
734
Peak month
October
Counties with records
62
Scientific name
Volvopluteus gloiocephalus
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
528
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Cambridgeshire
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Pluteaceae
Genus
Volvopluteus
Name with authority
Volvopluteus gloiocephalus (DC.) Vizzini, Contu & Justo
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26678484 · GBIF 8329645