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Bovista plumbea

401Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
41Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb5
Mar6
Apr13
May25
Jun13
Jul28
Aug40
Sep66
Oct116
Nov52
Dec9

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England35
2Norfolk England30
3Powys Wales28
4Oxfordshire England20
5Worcestershire England20
6Gloucestershire England19
7Sefton England13
8Cornwall England11
9Pembrokeshire Wales11
10Fife Scotland9
11Bristol, City of England8
12Kent England7
13Suffolk England6
14Highland Scotland6
15Essex England6
271 England32 Scotland68 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 41 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
401
Peak month
October
Counties with records
41
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
388
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Lycoperdaceae
Genus
Bovista
Name with authority
Bovista plumbea Pers.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q948856 · GBIF 2535193