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Leopard Earthball

Scleroderma areolatum

574Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
54Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb0
Mar1
Apr0
May1
Jun1
Jul25
Aug94
Sep190
Oct193
Nov39
Dec7

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England115
2Cornwall England33
3Gloucestershire England32
4Bristol, City of England28
5Cambridgeshire England22
6Oxfordshire England20
7Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland15
8Worcestershire England12
9Kent England10
10Pembrokeshire Wales9
11Highland Scotland8
12Sefton England8
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland7
14Essex England6
15Argyll and Bute Scotland6
453 England27 Scotland28 Wales47 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
574
Peak month
October
Counties with records
54
Scientific name
Scleroderma areolatum
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
558
Most recorded in
Norfolk
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Boletales
Family
Sclerodermataceae
Genus
Scleroderma
Name with authority
Scleroderma areolatum Ehrenb.
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q448198 · GBIF 5239963