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Fomes fomentarius

1,998Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
76Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan167
Feb146
Mar170
Apr213
May175
Jun95
Jul99
Aug150
Sep229
Oct285
Nov158
Dec88

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland287
2Cambridgeshire England254
3Norfolk England158
4Argyll and Bute Scotland142
5Aberdeenshire Scotland99
6Perth and Kinross Scotland60
7North Yorkshire England50
8Cumbria England50
9Stirling Scotland47
10East Dunbartonshire Scotland27
11York England26
12Cheshire East England22
13Nottinghamshire England21
14Leeds England17
15Wirral England16
1,217 England749 Scotland10 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 76 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,998
Peak month
October
Counties with records
76
Scientific name
Fomes fomentarius
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,486
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Polyporales
Family
Polyporaceae
Genus
Fomes
Name with authority
Fomes fomentarius (L.) Fr.
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8068867