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Purple Jellydisc

Ascocoryne sarcoides

1,337Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
90Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan117
Feb45
Mar8
Apr5
May1
Jun2
Jul9
Aug9
Sep90
Oct419
Nov376
Dec200

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England138
2Cambridgeshire England73
3Highland Scotland61
4Gloucestershire England45
5Sefton England44
6Worcestershire England37
7Bristol, City of England31
8Cornwall England24
9Oxfordshire England21
10Argyll and Bute Scotland21
11Essex England20
12Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland18
13North Yorkshire England17
14Kent England13
15Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland13
992 England186 Scotland47 Wales98 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 90 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,337
Peak month
October
Counties with records
90
Scientific name
Ascocoryne sarcoides
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,025
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Highland
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Leotiomycetes
Order
Helotiales
Family
Gelatinodiscaceae
Genus
Ascocoryne
Name with authority
Ascocoryne sarcoides (Jacq.) J.W.Groves & D.E.Wilson
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2866408 · GBIF 2584352