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Weeping Widow

Lacrymaria lacrymabunda

967Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
92Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar1
Apr3
May19
Jun22
Jul65
Aug97
Sep257
Oct377
Nov78
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England61
2Bristol, City of England40
3Gloucestershire England38
4Worcestershire England37
5Oxfordshire England29
6Sefton England25
7Kent England23
8Cambridgeshire England21
9Surrey England20
10Glasgow City Scotland17
11Liverpool England17
12Cornwall England15
13Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland15
14Highland Scotland14
15Essex England14
744 England93 Scotland31 Wales78 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 92 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
967
Peak month
October
Counties with records
92
Scientific name
Lacrymaria lacrymabunda
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
789
Most recorded in
Norfolk
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Psathyrellaceae
Genus
Lacrymaria
Name with authority
Lacrymaria lacrymabunda (Bull.) Pat.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1423840 · GBIF 5242798