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Deceptive Earthtongue

Geoglossum fallax

1,066Records since 2000
NovemberPeak month
57Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan12
Feb7
Mar4
Apr1
May4
Jun6
Jul3
Aug6
Sep34
Oct366
Nov543
Dec69

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland148
2Powys Wales120
3Gwynedd Wales114
4Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland61
5Argyll and Bute Scotland35
6Pembrokeshire Wales32
7Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland27
8Isle of Anglesey Wales26
9Cornwall England24
10Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland21
11Surrey England18
12Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland18
13Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland16
14Norfolk England14
15Aberdeenshire Scotland14
184 England240 Scotland351 Wales195 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 57 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,066
Peak month
November
Counties with records
57
Scientific name
Geoglossum fallax
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,043
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Geoglossomycetes
Order
Geoglossales
Family
Geoglossaceae
Genus
Geoglossum
Name with authority
Geoglossum fallax E.J.Durand
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10496032 · GBIF 2586856