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Velvet-top fungus, Dyer's polypore, Dyer's mazegill, Pine dye polypore

Phaeolus schweinitzii

968Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
68Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan20
Feb17
Mar14
Apr10
May9
Jun15
Jul60
Aug171
Sep285
Oct252
Nov80
Dec17

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland185
2Cambridgeshire England69
3Gloucestershire England48
4Norfolk England44
5Argyll and Bute Scotland39
6Surrey England29
7Aberdeenshire Scotland20
8Perth and Kinross Scotland20
9Cumbria England19
10Worcestershire England18
11Cornwall England17
12Oxfordshire England12
13Dorset England12
14North Yorkshire England11
15Kent England10
546 England334 Scotland35 Wales28 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 68 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
968
Peak month
September
Counties with records
68
Scientific name
Phaeolus schweinitzii
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
720
Most recorded in
Highland, Cambridgeshire
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Polyporales
Family
Laetiporaceae
Genus
Phaeolus
Name with authority
Phaeolus schweinitzii (Fr.) Pat.
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1314913 · GBIF 2542126