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Dead Moll's Fingers

Xylaria longipes

1,002Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
84Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan60
Feb39
Mar25
Apr33
May36
Jun36
Jul50
Aug93
Sep167
Oct253
Nov107
Dec63

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England75
2Cornwall England61
3Bristol, City of England58
4Sefton England43
5Worcestershire England33
6Cambridgeshire England31
7Highland Scotland25
8Gloucestershire England23
9Mid Ulster Northern Ireland22
10North Yorkshire England21
11Cumbria England19
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland19
13Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland17
14Denbighshire Wales17
15Argyll and Bute Scotland16
643 England146 Scotland87 Wales115 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 84 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,002
Peak month
October
Counties with records
84
Scientific name
Xylaria longipes
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
905
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Sordariomycetes
Order
Xylariales
Family
Xylariaceae
Genus
Xylaria
Name with authority
Xylaria longipes Nitschke
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1574302 · GBIF 5255093