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Smoky Spindles

Clavaria fumosa

727Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
59Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan8
Feb5
Mar6
Apr2
May4
Jun5
Jul8
Aug23
Sep78
Oct346
Nov210
Dec22

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales128
2Powys Wales64
3Pembrokeshire Wales43
4Cornwall England35
5Bristol, City of England27
6Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland26
7Highland Scotland24
8Isle of Anglesey Wales19
9Argyll and Bute Scotland15
10Cumbria England12
11Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland12
12Devon England10
13Gloucestershire England10
14Aberdeenshire Scotland10
15Worcestershire England9
254 England77 Scotland289 Wales80 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 59 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
727
Peak month
October
Counties with records
59
Scientific name
Clavaria fumosa
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
651
Most recorded in
Gwynedd, Powys
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Clavariaceae
Genus
Clavaria
Name with authority
Clavaria fumosa Pers.
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5129580 · GBIF 5244508