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King Alfred's Cakes

Daldinia concentrica

4,250Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
94Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan373
Feb379
Mar425
Apr562
May303
Jun125
Jul114
Aug180
Sep375
Oct651
Nov382
Dec253

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England394
2Cambridgeshire England244
3Bristol, City of England172
4Cornwall England160
5Gloucestershire England152
6Oxfordshire England130
7Essex England108
8Kent England104
9Worcestershire England104
10Somerset England56
11Surrey England54
12Pembrokeshire Wales50
13Devon England47
14Sefton England47
15North Yorkshire England41
3,846 England37 Scotland277 Wales31 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 94 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,250
Peak month
October
Counties with records
94
Scientific name
Daldinia concentrica
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,849
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Sordariomycetes
Order
Xylariales
Family
Hypoxylaceae
Genus
Daldinia
Name with authority
Daldinia concentrica (Bolton) Ces. & De Not.
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q935453 · GBIF 2576893