When it is recorded
Jan12
Feb3
Mar4
Apr5
May15
Jun5
Jul99
Aug354
Sep390
Oct268
Nov92
Dec19
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highland | Scotland | 386 | |
| 2 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 185 | |
| 3 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 66 | |
| 4 | Norfolk | England | 62 | |
| 5 | Fermanagh and Omagh | Northern Ireland | 24 | |
| 6 | Cornwall | England | 20 | |
| 7 | Cambridgeshire | England | 19 | |
| 8 | Worcestershire | England | 15 | |
| 9 | Ceredigion | Wales | 14 | |
| 10 | Somerset | England | 13 | |
| 11 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 12 | |
| 12 | Bristol, City of | England | 12 | |
| 13 | Moray | Scotland | 11 | |
| 14 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 10 | |
| 15 | Cheshire East | England | 10 |
392 England775 Scotland27 Wales61 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 81 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,308
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 81
- Scientific name
- Claviceps purpurea
- Group
- Fungi
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 1,019
- Most recorded in
- Highland, Argyll and Bute, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Norfolk
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Sordariomycetes
- Order
- Hypocreales
- Family
- Clavicipitaceae
- Genus
- Claviceps
- Name with authority
- Claviceps purpurea (Fr.) Tul.
- Contributing datasets
- 21
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 9378152