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Shaggy Scalycap

Pholiota squarrosa

1,192Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
93Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan47
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun1
Jul2
Aug9
Sep101
Oct672
Nov269
Dec41

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England110
2Oxfordshire England62
3Sefton England54
4Highland Scotland53
5Cambridgeshire England34
6Worcestershire England33
7Bristol, City of England29
8Argyll and Bute Scotland21
9Cornwall England17
10North Yorkshire England16
11Glasgow City Scotland15
12Kent England14
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland13
14Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland13
15Cumbria England12
837 England182 Scotland49 Wales68 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 93 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,192
Peak month
October
Counties with records
93
Scientific name
Pholiota squarrosa
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
860
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Sefton, Highland
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Strophariaceae
Genus
Pholiota
Name with authority
Pholiota squarrosa (Vahl) P.Kumm.
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1574926 · GBIF 2534205