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Yellow Brain

Tremella mesenterica

2,322Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
83Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan419
Feb297
Mar156
Apr109
May67
Jun30
Jul52
Aug62
Sep117
Oct335
Nov346
Dec283

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England320
2Cambridgeshire England277
3Highland Scotland173
4Argyll and Bute Scotland112
5Gloucestershire England88
6Bristol, City of England84
7Cornwall England82
8Oxfordshire England35
9Worcestershire England34
10Sefton England28
11Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland23
12Renfrewshire Scotland22
13Denbighshire Wales22
14North Yorkshire England21
15Powys Wales20
1,622 England438 Scotland129 Wales116 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 83 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,322
Peak month
January
Counties with records
83
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 Retz.
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q19733 · GBIF 7577590