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Hen of The Woods

Grifola frondosa

477Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
65Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May0
Jun0
Jul0
Aug18
Sep105
Oct260
Nov66
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England40
2Gloucestershire England26
3Oxfordshire England21
4Cambridgeshire England17
5Cornwall England17
6Cumbria England14
7Dumfries and Galloway Scotland14
8Bristol, City of England9
9Devon England8
10Worcestershire England8
11Kent England7
12Highland Scotland7
13Ards and North Down Northern Ireland6
14Surrey England5
15Somerset England5
359 England48 Scotland21 Wales23 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 65 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
477
Peak month
October
Counties with records
65
Scientific name
Grifola frondosa
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
336
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Polyporales
Family
Grifolaceae
Genus
Grifola
Name with authority
Grifola frondosa (Dicks.) Gray
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1165686 · GBIF 2540800