About Earthynature of Britain
  1. Home
  2. Species
  3. Whitelaced Shank
Species · Fungi

Whitelaced Shank

Megacollybia platyphylla

723Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
43Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb1
Mar1
Apr5
May27
Jun44
Jul56
Aug125
Sep207
Oct190
Nov41
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England158
2Bristol, City of England40
3Oxfordshire England38
4Norfolk England34
5Kent England24
6Cambridgeshire England20
7Cornwall England16
8Worcestershire England15
9Surrey England8
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland8
11Powys Wales8
12Cumbria England6
13Devon England5
14Somerset England5
15Isle of Anglesey Wales4
665 England12 Scotland27 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 43 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
723
Peak month
September
Counties with records
43
Scientific name
Megacollybia platyphylla
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
667
Most recorded in
Gloucestershire
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Tricholomataceae
Genus
Megacollybia
Name with authority
Megacollybia platyphylla (Pers.) Kotl. & Pouzar
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q905938 · GBIF 2537689