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Bitter Beech Bolete

Caloboletus calopus

181Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
37Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun11
Jul21
Aug58
Sep55
Oct30
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland18
2Perth and Kinross Scotland15
3Cornwall England14
4Argyll and Bute Scotland14
5Gloucestershire England7
6Stirling Scotland7
7Angus Scotland7
8Aberdeenshire Scotland6
9Aberdeen City Scotland6
10Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland6
11Conwy Wales4
12Kent England3
13Pembrokeshire Wales3
14Dumfries and Galloway Scotland3
15Bracknell Forest England3
58 England84 Scotland9 Wales16 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 37 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
181
Peak month
August
Counties with records
37
Scientific name
Caloboletus calopus
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
128
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Boletales
Family
Boletaceae
Genus
Caloboletus
Name with authority
Caloboletus calopus (Pers.) Vizzini

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q29784429 · GBIF 8203051