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Liberty Cap

Psilocybe semilanceata

503Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
47Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun1
Jul1
Aug15
Sep100
Oct253
Nov85
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland60
2Argyll and Bute Scotland49
3Worcestershire England46
4Powys Wales20
5Devon England14
6Wrexham Wales10
7Norfolk England8
8Gloucestershire England7
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland7
10Kent England6
11Pembrokeshire Wales6
12Orkney Islands Scotland5
13Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland4
14Belfast Northern Ireland4
15West Lothian Scotland4
230 England178 Scotland70 Wales15 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 47 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
503
Peak month
October
Counties with records
47
Scientific name
Psilocybe semilanceata
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
335
Most recorded in
Highland
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Hymenogastraceae
Genus
Psilocybe
Name with authority
Psilocybe semilanceata (Fr.) P.Kumm.
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q503359 · GBIF 5242507