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Beech Milkcap

Lactarius blennius

1,255Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
76Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun7
Jul24
Aug113
Sep353
Oct540
Nov148
Dec15

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland68
2Oxfordshire England58
3Gloucestershire England57
4Worcestershire England47
5Norfolk England44
6Cornwall England38
7Dumfries and Galloway Scotland37
8Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland31
9Argyll and Bute Scotland30
10Mid Ulster Northern Ireland30
11Sefton England29
12Ards and North Down Northern Ireland27
13Kent England25
14Bristol, City of England24
15Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland22
715 England270 Scotland77 Wales181 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 76 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,255
Peak month
October
Counties with records
76
Scientific name
Lactarius blennius
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,207
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Russulales
Family
Russulaceae
Genus
Lactarius
Name with authority
Lactarius blennius (Fr.) Fr.
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1543833 · GBIF 5248679