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White Spindles

Clavaria fragilis

814Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
68Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan18
Feb4
Mar1
Apr7
May3
Jun12
Jul11
Aug32
Sep120
Oct338
Nov222
Dec10

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales71
2Pembrokeshire Wales58
3Highland Scotland55
4Powys Wales43
5Worcestershire England37
6Gloucestershire England26
7Bristol, City of England26
8Devon England25
9Isle of Anglesey Wales20
10Cornwall England17
11Norfolk England14
12Aberdeenshire Scotland14
13Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland13
14Kent England12
15Oxfordshire England12
383 England99 Scotland261 Wales44 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
814
Peak month
October
Counties with records
68
Scientific name
Clavaria fragilis
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
722
Most recorded in
Gwynedd, Pembrokeshire, Highland
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Clavariaceae
Genus
Clavaria
Name with authority
Clavaria fragilis Holmsk.
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2424229 · GBIF 5244501