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Dead Man's Fingers

Xylaria polymorpha

1,186Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
86Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan69
Feb29
Mar11
Apr35
May29
Jun37
Jul69
Aug120
Sep229
Oct329
Nov143
Dec41

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England147
2Bristol, City of England74
3Gloucestershire England73
4Cornwall England57
5Oxfordshire England56
6Worcestershire England37
7Cambridgeshire England27
8Sefton England27
9Highland Scotland23
10Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland23
11Somerset England15
12Cumbria England12
13Essex England11
14Ards and North Down Northern Ireland11
15Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland11
959 England74 Scotland30 Wales90 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 86 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,186
Peak month
October
Counties with records
86
Scientific name
Xylaria polymorpha
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,043
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Sordariomycetes
Order
Xylariales
Family
Xylariaceae
Genus
Xylaria
Name with authority
Xylaria polymorpha (Pers.) Grev.
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8956209