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Polycephalomyces tomentosus

51Records since 2000
MayPeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb4
Mar1
Apr8
May12
Jun1
Jul5
Aug2
Sep7
Oct2
Nov4
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England6
2Perth and Kinross Scotland5
3Norfolk England3
4Argyll and Bute Scotland3
5Bristol, City of England3
6York England3
7Highland Scotland2
8Cumbria England2
9Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland2
10Lincolnshire England1
11Sefton England1
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland1
13Mid Ulster Northern Ireland1
14Blackburn with Darwen England1
35 England11 Scotland4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
51
Peak month
May
Counties with records
14
Group
Fungi
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Sordariomycetes
Order
Hypocreales
Family
Ophiocordycipitaceae
Genus
Polycephalomyces
Name with authority
Polycephalomyces tomentosus (Schrad.) Seifert

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10636589 · GBIF 2564296