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St George's Mushroom

Calocybe gambosa

851Records since 2000
MayPeak month
82Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar21
Apr318
May411
Jun51
Jul7
Aug0
Sep0
Oct8
Nov1
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Bristol, City of England60
2Norfolk England38
3Worcestershire England30
4Gloucestershire England27
5Cambridgeshire England24
6Oxfordshire England22
7Highland Scotland22
8Glasgow City Scotland17
9Liverpool England17
10Kingston upon Hull, City of England17
11Pembrokeshire Wales16
12Fife Scotland16
13Sefton England15
14Aberdeenshire Scotland15
15Somerset England11
629 England114 Scotland51 Wales35 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 82 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
851
Peak month
May
Counties with records
82
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Calocybe gambosa
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
627
Most recorded in
Bristol, City of
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Lyophyllaceae
Genus
Calocybe
Name with authority
Calocybe gambosa (Fr.) Donk
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q731944 · GBIF 8936224