Tomentella botryoides
Family Thelephoraceae · Updated October 2026
48US records
16states
Sepbusiest month
48 US records since 1879 (0 in the last 10 years)
Last seen May 20, 2015 (about 11 years ago) near Petersham, Worcester County, MA, a preserved specimen in EUKARYOME: the rRNA gene reference database for identification of eukaryotes. Most US records come from New York, Pennsylvania and Kentucky, and the busiest months are Sep, Oct and Aug. (Data as of October 26, 2026; records can lag by weeks.)
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When it's recorded
Records by month, all years. Busiest: Sep, Oct, Aug.
Top counties
- Grant County, KY (7) · latest Sep 12, 1920
- Tompkins County, NY (6) · latest Sep 6, 1952
- Gloucester County, NJ (4) · latest Aug 20, 1896
- New Castle County, DE (4) · latest Jun 23, 1894
- Worcester County, MA (3) · latest May 20, 2015
- Tuolumne County, CA (2) · latest Aug 15, 2012
- Montgomery County, MD (2) · latest 1900
- Pima County, AZ (1) · latest Oct 31, 1969
- Montgomery County, PA (1) · latest Sep 4, 1941
- Butler County, PA (1) · latest Sep 18, 1939
More on this species from GBIF.
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