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Chanterelle

Cantharellus cibarius

1,593Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
59Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan19
Feb2
Mar0
Apr0
May4
Jun69
Jul236
Aug409
Sep458
Oct283
Nov65
Dec21

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland467
2Gloucestershire England159
3Aberdeenshire Scotland116
4Argyll and Bute Scotland115
5Cornwall England73
6Cumbria England44
7Perth and Kinross Scotland43
8Norfolk England31
9Stirling Scotland26
10Surrey England22
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland21
12Worcestershire England19
13Gwynedd Wales18
14Moray Scotland17
15Mid Ulster Northern Ireland17
565 England874 Scotland64 Wales69 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 59 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,593
Peak month
September
Counties with records
59
Scientific name
Cantharellus cibarius
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,384
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Cantharellales
Family
Hydnaceae
Genus
Cantharellus
Name with authority
Cantharellus cibarius Fr.
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q188749 · GBIF 5249504