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Yellowleg Bonnet

Mycena epipterygia

912Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
66Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun0
Jul4
Aug18
Sep133
Oct471
Nov194
Dec29

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland164
2Gloucestershire England50
3Worcestershire England42
4Cambridgeshire England38
5Norfolk England38
6Aberdeenshire Scotland37
7Cornwall England35
8Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland26
9Oxfordshire England25
10Somerset England21
11Argyll and Bute Scotland19
12Powys Wales16
13North Yorkshire England15
14Stirling Scotland14
15Cumbria England13
471 England297 Scotland65 Wales58 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 66 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
912
Peak month
October
Counties with records
66
Scientific name
Mycena epipterygia
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
871
Most recorded in
Highland, Gloucestershire
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Mycenaceae
Genus
Mycena
Name with authority
Mycena epipterygia (Scop.) Gray
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 4911751