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Scrambled egg slime, Flowers of tan, Dog vomit slime mold

Fuligo septica

1,175Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
87Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb2
Mar8
Apr12
May67
Jun154
Jul188
Aug284
Sep272
Oct135
Nov26
Dec9

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England132
2Norfolk England100
3Cambridgeshire England65
4Bristol, City of England50
5Highland Scotland38
6Sefton England33
7Surrey England32
8Oxfordshire England28
9Worcestershire England16
10Essex England15
11Perth and Kinross Scotland15
12Cumbria England13
13Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland12
14Cheshire East England11
15Suffolk England10
965 England117 Scotland37 Wales48 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 87 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,175
Peak month
August
Counties with records
87
Scientific name
Fuligo septica
Group
Microorganisms and protists
NBN Atlas records since 2000
500
Kingdom
Protozoa
Phylum
Mycetozoa
Class
Myxomycetes
Order
Physarales
Family
Physaraceae
Genus
Fuligo
Name with authority
Fuligo septica (L.) F.H.Wigg., 1780
Described
1780
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1231867 · GBIF 5426027