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Silverleaf Fungus

Chondrostereum purpureum

1,713Records since 2000
NovemberPeak month
89Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan247
Feb124
Mar54
Apr35
May42
Jun11
Jul7
Aug23
Sep73
Oct342
Nov401
Dec314

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England225
2Cambridgeshire England153
3Gloucestershire England77
4Sefton England69
5Bristol, City of England43
6Cornwall England41
7Somerset England36
8Kent England34
9Oxfordshire England33
10Worcestershire England26
11Surrey England22
12Suffolk England18
13Essex England17
14Wirral England17
15Leeds England13
1,485 England74 Scotland64 Wales59 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 89 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,713
Peak month
November
Counties with records
89
Scientific name
Chondrostereum purpureum
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,216
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Cyphellaceae
Genus
Chondrostereum
Name with authority
Chondrostereum purpureum (Pers.) Pouzar
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q45541 · GBIF 2532944