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Field Mushroom

Agaricus campestris

859Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
73Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb0
Mar2
Apr11
May4
Jun17
Jul71
Aug143
Sep186
Oct301
Nov81
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England72
2Bristol, City of England71
3Cambridgeshire England62
4Highland Scotland45
5Powys Wales35
6Worcestershire England32
7Cornwall England24
8Sefton England24
9Oxfordshire England19
10Gloucestershire England18
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland15
12Liverpool England14
13Kent England13
14Dorset England13
15Somerset England12
601 England114 Scotland85 Wales45 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 73 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
859
Peak month
October
Counties with records
73
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Agaricus campestris
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
568
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Agaricaceae
Genus
Agaricus
Name with authority
Agaricus campestris L.
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q234529 · GBIF 5243458