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Amanita rubescens

4,111Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
106Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr6
May33
Jun181
Jul375
Aug734
Sep1,014
Oct1,282
Nov345
Dec22

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland304
2Gloucestershire England257
3Norfolk England218
4Cambridgeshire England133
5Sefton England113
6Kent England92
7Oxfordshire England89
8Worcestershire England88
9Aberdeenshire Scotland84
10Bristol, City of England77
11Cornwall England72
12Argyll and Bute Scotland71
13Surrey England69
14Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland60
15Suffolk England58
2,834 England800 Scotland196 Wales256 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 106 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,111
Peak month
October
Counties with records
106
Scientific name
Amanita rubescens
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,199
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Amanitaceae
Genus
Amanita
Name with authority
Amanita rubescens Pers.
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7496350