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Honey Fungus

Armillaria mellea

2,374Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
90Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan39
Feb33
Mar34
Apr34
May21
Jun18
Jul17
Aug73
Sep249
Oct1,244
Nov420
Dec34

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England379
2Gloucestershire England201
3Cambridgeshire England159
4Worcestershire England126
5Bristol, City of England95
6Cornwall England53
7Oxfordshire England49
8Kent England40
9Cumbria England35
10Highland Scotland30
11Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland29
12Sefton England26
13Mid Ulster Northern Ireland23
14Powys Wales22
15Surrey England18
1,999 England93 Scotland96 Wales138 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 90 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,374
Peak month
October
Counties with records
90
Scientific name
Armillaria mellea
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,716
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Physalacriaceae
Genus
Armillaria
Name with authority
Armillaria mellea (Vahl) P.Kumm.
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q473745 · GBIF 2536891