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Jelly Ear

Auricularia auricula-judae

7,281Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
117Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan912
Feb806
Mar580
Apr618
May383
Jun174
Jul185
Aug190
Sep395
Oct1,051
Nov967
Dec872

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England564
2Cambridgeshire England376
3Gloucestershire England257
4Sefton England226
5Bristol, City of England210
6Oxfordshire England178
7Kent England146
8Worcestershire England132
9Cornwall England126
10Essex England113
11Highland Scotland96
12Somerset England94
13Surrey England84
14North Yorkshire England72
15Glasgow City Scotland68
5,941 England657 Scotland355 Wales268 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 117 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,281
Peak month
October
Counties with records
117
Scientific name
Auricularia auricula-judae
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,173
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Auriculariales
Family
Auriculariaceae
Genus
Auricularia
Name with authority
Auricularia auricula-judae (Bull.) Quél.
Contributing datasets
32

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q321342 · GBIF 5249271