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Meadow Puffball

Lycoperdon pratense

782Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
56Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb2
Mar1
Apr6
May6
Jun19
Jul53
Aug61
Sep159
Oct319
Nov102
Dec11

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Bristol, City of England70
2Norfolk England56
3Cambridgeshire England54
4Powys Wales40
5Worcestershire England32
6Highland Scotland27
7Argyll and Bute Scotland27
8Oxfordshire England21
9Gloucestershire England20
10Pembrokeshire Wales20
11Somerset England15
12Sefton England15
13Cornwall England14
14Essex England11
15Kent England10
528 England70 Scotland131 Wales39 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 56 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
782
Peak month
October
Counties with records
56
Scientific name
Lycoperdon pratense
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
748
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Lycoperdaceae
Genus
Lycoperdon
Name with authority
Lycoperdon pratense Pers.
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q104252225 · GBIF 5243244