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Deathcap

Amanita phalloides

621Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
42Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul15
Aug86
Sep186
Oct247
Nov71
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England132
2Cambridgeshire England82
3Gloucestershire England30
4Oxfordshire England24
5Bristol, City of England23
6Suffolk England17
7Kent England15
8Cornwall England15
9Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland13
10Worcestershire England12
11Somerset England10
12Highland Scotland9
13Devon England9
14Surrey England6
15Pembrokeshire Wales6
548 England15 Scotland18 Wales19 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 42 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
621
Peak month
October
Counties with records
42
Scientific name
Amanita phalloides
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
520
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Cambridgeshire
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Amanitaceae
Genus
Amanita
Name with authority
Amanita phalloides (Vaill. ex Fr.) Link
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q188643 · GBIF 5240325