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Hat-thrower fungus

Pilobolus crystallinus

105Records since 2000
MayPeak month
25Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan10
Feb6
Mar8
Apr10
May14
Jun0
Jul10
Aug8
Sep11
Oct11
Nov11
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland22
2Norfolk England21
3Cambridgeshire England11
4Orkney Islands Scotland5
5Argyll and Bute Scotland3
6Aberdeenshire Scotland3
7Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland3
8Oxfordshire England2
9Surrey England2
10Somerset England2
11Gloucestershire England2
12Pembrokeshire Wales2
13Bristol, City of England2
14Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland2
15Liverpool England2
57 England40 Scotland2 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 25 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
105
Peak month
May
Counties with records
25
Scientific name
Pilobolus crystallinus
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
102
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Mucoromycota
Class
Mucoromycetes
Order
Mucorales
Family
Pilobolaceae
Genus
Pilobolus
Name with authority
Pilobolus crystallinus (F.H.Wigg.) Tode

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3456426 · GBIF 2558983