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Birch Brittlegill

Russula betularum

1,025Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
67Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun15
Jul57
Aug147
Sep281
Oct349
Nov121
Dec11

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland113
2Norfolk England95
3Cambridgeshire England80
4Gloucestershire England60
5Worcestershire England34
6Cumbria England24
7Sefton England21
8Kent England19
9Oxfordshire England18
10Argyll and Bute Scotland17
11Aberdeenshire Scotland17
12North Yorkshire England15
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland13
14Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland12
15Perth and Kinross Scotland11
737 England209 Scotland35 Wales37 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 67 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,025
Peak month
October
Counties with records
67
Scientific name
Russula betularum
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,029
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Russulales
Family
Russulaceae
Genus
Russula
Name with authority
Russula betularum Hora
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q580098 · GBIF 2551413