SpatialData.gov.scot
Grassland Fungi Mapping Database for Scotland
This database and mapping tool was produced to allow the identification of sites important to this incredibly diverse range of grassland fungal species for which Scotland is important on a global scale. Promotion of this project could lead to a great amount of these vulnerable sites being managed for their waxcaps, leading directly to the conservation of biodiversity, including several species on the Scottish Biodiversity List.
Included layers:
Heatmap of grassland fungi to the 10km level. The fewest species per square is represented by the lightest colour and the highest species per square represented by darkest colour. ADVICE: This layer is ideal for giving an overview of records in the area, but it doesn’t mean the fungi are throughout the area, or that the whole area is unimproved grassland.
Heatmap of grassland fungi to the 1km level. The fewest species per square is represented by the lightest colour and the highest species per square represented by darkest colour. ADVICE: 1km grid square layer may provide a false picture and a blank square does not necessarily mean that no grassland fungi are there. Accurate georeferencing of biological records before the age of GPS and specialist phone apps was rare with many blocks of records being given the same centroid grid reference. Also, it would be common for many recorders to record the first find of a species on a site and none thereafter. THE 10KM SQUARE SHOULD BE LOOKED AT ALONGSIDE THIS LAYER.
Point layer showing the Waxcap Sites. Sites are based centroid grid references for a spread of records in the area. The sites do not have clear boundaries, and so some form of local habitat knowledge is needed to set actual site boundaries within the real-world boundaries of unimproved grassland.
• RED: Any site passing any of the SSSI thresholds
• AMBER: Any site not passing any of the SSSI thresholds but with more than 11 species of Hygrocybe s.l. or with more than 4 IUCN species or with more than 4 indicator species.
• GREEN: Any other site that has records of grassland fungi
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Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Dataset Reference Date (Creation)
- 2023-10-01
- Dataset Reference Date (Publication)
- 2024-02-12
- Identifier
- 0A93F952-2304-7A46-E063-6B20C80ACD1D
- Presentation form
- Digital map
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Protected sites
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Species distribution
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Habitats and biotopes
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- Theme
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Grassland fungi, waxcaps, ancient grassland, tree planting, Hygrocybe
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Fairy Clubs
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Earth Tongues
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Pink gills
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Clavarioid Fungi
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Geoglossoid Fungi
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Entolomataceae
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- Use limitation
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no conditions apply to access and use
- Limitations on Public Access
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations to public access
- Limitations on Public Access
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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CC-NC with an understanding that:
1. The database that the records will contribute to will be available for use free of charge to members of the public and the public and private sector. NatureScot will not sell this data.
2. Analysis will not be performed by NatureScot for the private sector further than is publically available
3. Individual recorders/record providing groups will be acknowledged in the publically available report that will published alongside the database and its tools. However you may not be acknowledged in the database itself, or in any derivatives made by data users.
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no conditions to access and use
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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CC-NC with an understanding that:
1. The database that the records will contribute to will be available for use free of charge to members of the public and the public and private sector. NatureScot will not sell this data.
2. Analysis will not be performed by NatureScot for the private sector further than is publically available
3. Individual recorders/record providing groups will be acknowledged in the publically available report that will published alongside the database and its tools. However you may not be acknowledged in the database itself, or in any derivatives made by data users.
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Environment
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Temporal reference
Temporal extent
Temporal extent
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG / 27700 / 6.3(3.0.1)
Distribution Information
Data format
- Data format
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Name Version ArcGIS Pro Map package
ArcGIS Desktop Map package
Geopackage with QGIS project
Transfer options
- Resource Locator
Data quality info
- Quality Scope
- Dataset
- Conformity
- COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Explanation
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This data set is conformant with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Degree
- true
- Statement
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Data was collected from data holders from January to July 2023
This database uses SSSI lists from 2018 JNCC guidelines
This database uses a 2013 Bolete Fungi Red List
Taxonomy choices are correct in 2023
See report for full references
This database has collated records of grassland species from the various fungus record holding institutions, ‘cleaned’ them, classified ‘sites’, and then rates sites and gridsquares their mycological diversity using both the SSSI guidelines and the CHEGD grassland fungi rating system to allow judgements on their richness. There is also data on other fungal features such as phenology, and the presence of Red Listed species. With the information in this database, sites that qualify for fungal SSSI designation can be identified, and tools such as interactive maps made to allow land users to recognise sites of importance.
The database of information and the GIS layers were created by the contractor David Mitchel. This contractor has also made Grassland fungi databases for statutory nature organisations in Ireland, N. Ireland, Wales, and England, and the databases are intercompatible.
The data was collected from a variety of recording groups, individuals and biological record centres. These sources can be found in the Research Report RR1372
Metadata
- File identifier
- 37abaaf1-d1f1-4430-b8fe-5560c436a525 XML
- Metadata Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Hierarchy level name
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dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2024-02-13T13:39:12
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
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2.3
Point of contact
- Individual name
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GIG Data Supply
- Organisation name
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NatureScot
- Electronic mail address
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data_supply@nature.scot supply@nature.sco data_supply@nature.scot
- Role
- Point of contact