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Pleated Inkcap

Parasola plicatilis

1,001Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
74Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb1
Mar5
Apr32
May61
Jun55
Jul87
Aug120
Sep175
Oct324
Nov97
Dec12

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England96
2Bristol, City of England66
3Cambridgeshire England61
4Gloucestershire England43
5Sefton England43
6Oxfordshire England39
7Worcestershire England20
8Liverpool England19
9Highland Scotland18
10Aberdeenshire Scotland17
11Cornwall England14
12Somerset England14
13Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland11
14Kent England8
15Perth and Kinross Scotland8
845 England78 Scotland25 Wales38 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 74 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,001
Peak month
October
Counties with records
74
Scientific name
Parasola plicatilis
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
938
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Psathyrellaceae
Genus
Parasola
Name with authority
Parasola plicatilis (Curtis) Redhead, Vilgalys & Hopple
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2519015 · GBIF 2534522