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Blackish-Purple Russula

Russula atropurpurea

1,374Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
71Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb1
Mar0
Apr1
May1
Jun8
Jul40
Aug191
Sep375
Oct523
Nov160
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England139
2Norfolk England115
3Oxfordshire England55
4Worcestershire England54
5Cornwall England49
6Sefton England48
7Cambridgeshire England41
8Kent England41
9Bristol, City of England18
10Highland Scotland16
11Ards and North Down Northern Ireland16
12Powys Wales15
13Mid Ulster Northern Ireland14
14Dumfries and Galloway Scotland13
15North Ayrshire Scotland13
1,149 England85 Scotland43 Wales81 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 71 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,374
Peak month
October
Counties with records
71
Scientific name
Russula atropurpurea
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,363
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Russulales
Family
Russulaceae
Genus
Russula
Name with authority
Russula atropurpurea (Krombh.) Britzelm.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1784190 · GBIF 2551470