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European destroying angel

Amanita virosa

117Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
18Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul6
Aug31
Sep62
Oct15
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland39
2Kent England8
3Gloucestershire England6
4Perth and Kinross Scotland6
5Argyll and Bute Scotland5
6Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland5
7Oxfordshire England4
8Angus Scotland4
9Cumbria England3
10Worcestershire England2
11Pembrokeshire Wales2
12Moray Scotland2
13Essex England1
14South Ayrshire Scotland1
15Powys Wales1
41 England58 Scotland3 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 18 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
117
Peak month
September
Counties with records
18
Scientific name
Amanita virosa
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
101
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Amanitaceae
Genus
Amanita
Name with authority
Amanita virosa Bertill.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q472817 · GBIF 5240323