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Collared Mosscap

Rickenella swartzii

656Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
70Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan8
Feb1
Mar1
Apr4
May6
Jun18
Jul38
Aug41
Sep64
Oct245
Nov188
Dec24

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England104
2Cambridgeshire England32
3Bristol, City of England21
4Powys Wales16
5Highland Scotland15
6Sefton England15
7Kent England12
8Oxfordshire England12
9Worcestershire England12
10Gloucestershire England12
11Pembrokeshire Wales11
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland10
13North Yorkshire England9
14Suffolk England8
15Cornwall England8
493 England48 Scotland59 Wales47 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 70 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
656
Peak month
October
Counties with records
70
Scientific name
Rickenella swartzii
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
628
Most recorded in
Norfolk
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Hymenochaetales
Family
Rickenellaceae
Genus
Rickenella
Name with authority
Rickenella swartzii (Fr.) Kuyper
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10431710 · GBIF 2523487