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Horse Mushroom

Agaricus arvensis

535Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
54Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb4
Mar0
Apr0
May9
Jun11
Jul29
Aug55
Sep122
Oct174
Nov76
Dec11

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England62
2Norfolk England47
3Highland Scotland33
4Oxfordshire England27
5Worcestershire England25
6Bristol, City of England20
7Sefton England18
8Kent England16
9Gwynedd Wales14
10Cornwall England13
11Liverpool England12
12Pembrokeshire Wales10
13Powys Wales9
14Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland7
15Essex England6
361 England71 Scotland49 Wales36 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 54 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
535
Peak month
October
Counties with records
54
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Agaricus arvensis
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
477
Most recorded in
Cambridgeshire
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Agaricaceae
Genus
Agaricus
Name with authority
Agaricus arvensis Schaeff.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q690801 · GBIF 5243403