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Witches' Butter

Tremella mesenterica

921Records since 2000
DecemberPeak month
90Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan194
Feb129
Mar70
Apr33
May10
Jun4
Jul7
Aug10
Sep15
Oct71
Nov131
Dec247

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Essex England44
2Kent England43
3Devon England29
4Somerset England23
5Suffolk England20
6Surrey England19
7Sefton England19
8Pembrokeshire Wales19
9Aberdeen City Scotland16
10Gloucestershire England14
11Norfolk England13
12East Riding of Yorkshire England13
13Glasgow City Scotland13
14Cambridgeshire England12
15Cheshire East England12
711 England118 Scotland66 Wales18 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 90 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
921
Peak month
December
Counties with records
90
Scientific name
Tremella mesenterica
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,332
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Tremellomycetes
Order
Tremellales
Family
Tremellaceae
Genus
Tremella
Name with authority
Tremella mesenterica (Schaeff.) Pers.
Contributing datasets
5

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 11945016