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Orange-peel Fungus

Aleuria aurantia

865Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
91Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan16
Feb4
Mar3
Apr8
May10
Jun5
Jul4
Aug17
Sep164
Oct380
Nov188
Dec41

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland117
2Norfolk England49
3Argyll and Bute Scotland31
4Gloucestershire England29
5Cambridgeshire England25
6Worcestershire England23
7Cornwall England21
8Sefton England17
9Kent England15
10Glasgow City Scotland15
11Perth and Kinross Scotland12
12Surrey England11
13Liverpool England11
14Suffolk England10
15Dumfries and Galloway Scotland10
523 England238 Scotland27 Wales60 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 91 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
865
Peak month
October
Counties with records
91
Scientific name
Aleuria aurantia
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
596
Most recorded in
Highland
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Pezizomycetes
Order
Pezizales
Family
Pyronemataceae
Genus
Aleuria
Name with authority
Aleuria aurantia (Pers.) Fuckel
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1251715 · GBIF 5258678