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Oak Crust

Peniophora quercina

1,269Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
73Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan202
Feb146
Mar143
Apr129
May59
Jun33
Jul41
Aug47
Sep70
Oct135
Nov129
Dec102

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England201
2Cambridgeshire England198
3Gloucestershire England75
4Wirral England32
5Cornwall England31
6Sefton England27
7Worcestershire England20
8Cheshire East England16
9Denbighshire Wales15
10North Yorkshire England14
11Leeds England14
12Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland14
13Oxfordshire England13
14Highland Scotland12
15Essex England12
987 England80 Scotland132 Wales55 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 73 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,269
Peak month
January
Counties with records
73
Scientific name
Peniophora quercina
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,186
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Russulales
Family
Peniophoraceae
Genus
Peniophora
Name with authority
Peniophora quercina (Pers.) Cooke
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8980864