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Horse-Hair Fungus

Gymnopus androsaceus

539Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
49Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May6
Jun14
Jul45
Aug92
Sep148
Oct149
Nov39
Dec10

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland138
2Aberdeenshire Scotland59
3Gloucestershire England30
4Norfolk England27
5Cambridgeshire England24
6Worcestershire England24
7Oxfordshire England15
8Cornwall England12
9Cumbria England11
10Denbighshire Wales11
11Perth and Kinross Scotland9
12Sefton England8
13Argyll and Bute Scotland8
14Stirling Scotland8
15Moray Scotland8
249 England247 Scotland23 Wales16 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 49 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
539
Peak month
October
Counties with records
49
Scientific name
Gymnopus androsaceus
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
531
Most recorded in
Highland, Aberdeenshire
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Omphalotaceae
Genus
Gymnopus
Name with authority
Gymnopus androsaceus (L.) Della Magg. & Trassin.
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7769302