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Blushing Wood Mushroom

Agaricus sylvaticus

609Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
61Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan14
Feb3
Mar1
Apr2
May2
Jun5
Jul17
Aug33
Sep104
Oct251
Nov136
Dec18

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Bristol, City of England59
2Norfolk England56
3Gloucestershire England31
4Sefton England30
5Oxfordshire England26
6Cambridgeshire England23
7Highland Scotland19
8Cornwall England18
9Worcestershire England14
10Surrey England10
11Liverpool England10
12Northamptonshire England7
13Isle of Wight England7
14Argyll and Bute Scotland6
15Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland6
473 England51 Scotland21 Wales31 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 61 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
609
Peak month
October
Counties with records
61
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Agaricus sylvaticus
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
583
Most recorded in
Bristol, City of, Norfolk
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Agaricaceae
Genus
Agaricus
Name with authority
Agaricus sylvaticus Schaeff.
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1097213 · GBIF 8108291