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Oyster Mushroom

Pleurotus ostreatus

2,176Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
94Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan282
Feb189
Mar129
Apr83
May87
Jun97
Jul131
Aug136
Sep188
Oct317
Nov237
Dec254

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England158
2Cambridgeshire England101
3Bristol, City of England71
4Gloucestershire England47
5Sefton England46
6Highland Scotland36
7Oxfordshire England33
8Worcestershire England28
9Surrey England19
10Cornwall England19
11North Yorkshire England18
12Argyll and Bute Scotland18
13Kent England17
14Powys Wales15
15Pembrokeshire Wales14
1,303 England168 Scotland85 Wales50 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 94 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,176
Peak month
October
Counties with records
94
Scientific name
Pleurotus ostreatus
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,242
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Pleurotaceae
Genus
Pleurotus
Name with authority
Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.) P.Kumm.
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q186451 · GBIF 2526530