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Elfin Saddle

Helvella lacunosa

634Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
75Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb0
Mar1
Apr0
May4
Jun10
Jul20
Aug40
Sep144
Oct245
Nov130
Dec15

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland57
2Norfolk England30
3Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland28
4Gloucestershire England26
5Mid Ulster Northern Ireland20
6Cambridgeshire England16
7Oxfordshire England16
8Bristol, City of England14
9Worcestershire England13
10Argyll and Bute Scotland13
11Sefton England12
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland12
13Ards and North Down Northern Ireland11
14Glasgow City Scotland9
15Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland9
335 England144 Scotland21 Wales119 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 75 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
634
Peak month
October
Counties with records
75
Scientific name
Helvella lacunosa
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
556
Most recorded in
Highland
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Pezizomycetes
Order
Pezizales
Family
Helvellaceae
Genus
Helvella
Name with authority
Helvella lacunosa Afzel.
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1462244 · GBIF 2594765