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Giant Polypore

Meripilus giganteus

1,521Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
94Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb14
Mar3
Apr4
May1
Jun4
Jul49
Aug299
Sep522
Oct470
Nov89
Dec16

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England131
2Sefton England74
3Cambridgeshire England41
4Glasgow City Scotland34
5Gloucestershire England30
6Cornwall England29
7Bristol, City of England29
8Oxfordshire England27
9Worcestershire England26
10Surrey England24
11Cumbria England22
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland20
13Kent England16
14City of Edinburgh Scotland16
15Devon England15
1,206 England192 Scotland42 Wales64 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 94 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,521
Peak month
September
Counties with records
94
Scientific name
Meripilus giganteus
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
840
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Sefton
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Polyporales
Family
Meripilaceae
Genus
Meripilus
Name with authority
Meripilus giganteus (Pers.) P.Karst.
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2030825 · GBIF 2540761