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Devil's Tooth

Hydnellum peckii

1,809Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
3Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May0
Jun2
Jul143
Aug776
Sep769
Oct113
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,723
2Moray Scotland46
3Aberdeenshire Scotland30
1,796 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 3 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,809
Peak month
August
Counties with records
3
Scientific name
Hydnellum peckii
Also known as
a tooth fungus
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,775
Most recorded in
Highland
Conservation designations
UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Thelephorales
Family
Bankeraceae
Genus
Hydnellum
Name with authority
Hydnellum peckii Banker
Contributing datasets
5

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1908340 · GBIF 2522210