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Birch Milkcap

Lactarius tabidus

1,345Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
73Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb1
Mar0
Apr0
May3
Jun10
Jul49
Aug155
Sep369
Oct515
Nov167
Dec12

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England126
2Highland Scotland113
3Cambridgeshire England95
4Worcestershire England51
5Cornwall England42
6Gloucestershire England42
7Sefton England37
8Oxfordshire England30
9Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland27
10Aberdeenshire Scotland24
11Bristol, City of England18
12Kent England17
13Cumbria England17
14Perth and Kinross Scotland16
15Liverpool England16
975 England233 Scotland52 Wales77 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 73 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,345
Peak month
October
Counties with records
73
Scientific name
Lactarius tabidus
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,293
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Russulales
Family
Russulaceae
Genus
Lactarius
Name with authority
Lactarius tabidus Fr.
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1427410 · GBIF 5248614