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Lilac Bonnet

Mycena pura

2,278Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
88Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan14
Feb0
Mar3
Apr1
May15
Jun17
Jul38
Aug98
Sep382
Oct1,004
Nov530
Dec65

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England301
2Cambridgeshire England176
3Gloucestershire England133
4Oxfordshire England95
5Bristol, City of England95
6Worcestershire England90
7Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland82
8Highland Scotland80
9Cornwall England52
10Gwynedd Wales28
11Powys Wales28
12Aberdeenshire Scotland26
13Mid Ulster Northern Ireland26
14Somerset England24
15Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland22
1,658 England213 Scotland137 Wales232 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 88 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,278
Peak month
October
Counties with records
88
Scientific name
Mycena pura
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,269
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Mycenaceae
Genus
Mycena
Name with authority
Mycena pura (Pers.) P.Kumm.
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1500783 · GBIF 2527219