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Sprucecone cap

Strobilurus esculentus

168Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
21Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan8
Feb13
Mar14
Apr10
May13
Jun2
Jul3
Aug1
Sep10
Oct40
Nov30
Dec16

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England32
2Highland Scotland22
3Norfolk England11
4Worcestershire England8
5Cambridgeshire England7
6Perth and Kinross Scotland7
7Bristol, City of England7
8Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland5
9Dorset England3
10Aberdeenshire Scotland3
11Oxfordshire England2
12Somerset England2
13East Dunbartonshire Scotland2
14City of Edinburgh Scotland1
15Cumbria England1
113 England38 Scotland1 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 21 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
168
Peak month
October
Counties with records
21
Scientific name
Strobilurus esculentus
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
150
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Physalacriaceae
Genus
Strobilurus
Name with authority
Strobilurus esculentus (Wulfen) Singer

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1094895 · GBIF 5243623