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Candlesnuff Fungus

Xylaria hypoxylon

7,940Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
118Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan583
Feb307
Mar236
Apr260
May220
Jun58
Jul84
Aug115
Sep408
Oct2,400
Nov2,099
Dec962

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England613
2Gloucestershire England472
3Cambridgeshire England401
4Highland Scotland210
5Bristol, City of England209
6Worcestershire England172
7Cornwall England171
8Sefton England165
9Oxfordshire England164
10Argyll and Bute Scotland162
11Essex England139
12Somerset England122
13Kent England115
14Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland95
15Surrey England76
6,147 England1,012 Scotland331 Wales429 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 118 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,940
Peak month
October
Counties with records
118
Scientific name
Xylaria hypoxylon
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,421
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Sordariomycetes
Order
Xylariales
Family
Xylariaceae
Genus
Xylaria
Name with authority
Xylaria hypoxylon (L.) Grev.
Contributing datasets
39

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1272474 · GBIF 5255147