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Brittle Cinder

Kretzschmaria deusta

1,110Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
89Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan61
Feb96
Mar155
Apr157
May156
Jun53
Jul46
Aug51
Sep83
Oct111
Nov54
Dec27

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Bristol, City of England65
2Gloucestershire England60
3Norfolk England52
4Sefton England51
5Cambridgeshire England48
6Worcestershire England47
7Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland26
8Argyll and Bute Scotland25
9East Dunbartonshire Scotland24
10Cornwall England23
11Monmouthshire Wales22
12Highland Scotland20
13Glasgow City Scotland20
14Oxfordshire England17
15South Lanarkshire Scotland16
726 England198 Scotland71 Wales94 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 89 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,110
Peak month
April
Counties with records
89
Scientific name
Kretzschmaria deusta
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
986
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Sordariomycetes
Order
Xylariales
Family
Xylariaceae
Genus
Kretzschmaria
Name with authority
Kretzschmaria deusta (Hoffm.) P.M.D.Martin
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q898044 · GBIF 2577023