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Oak polypore

Buglossoporus quercinus

140Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
19Counties with records
VulnerableIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb2
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun3
Jul56
Aug51
Sep10
Oct13
Nov1
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Essex England9
2Surrey England8
3Suffolk England4
4Bristol, City of England4
5Bracknell Forest England4
6Dorset England3
7Herefordshire, County of England3
8Cambridgeshire England2
9Norfolk England2
10Oxfordshire England2
11North Yorkshire England2
12Northamptonshire England2
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland2
14Powys Wales2
15Kent England1
78 England3 Scotland2 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
140
Peak month
July
Counties with records
19
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
Scientific name
Buglossoporus quercinus
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
85
Conservation designations
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Polyporales
Family
Fomitopsidaceae
Genus
Buglossoporus
Name with authority
Buglossoporus quercinus (Schrad.) Kotl. & Pouzar

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q96679024 · GBIF 2543301