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Cep, Penny Bun

Boletus edulis

1,807Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
91Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May3
Jun17
Jul50
Aug272
Sep602
Oct663
Nov130
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland214
2Gloucestershire England124
3Norfolk England70
4Aberdeenshire Scotland57
5Worcestershire England52
6Kent England49
7Cornwall England47
8Argyll and Bute Scotland43
9Cambridgeshire England41
10Surrey England34
11Devon England26
12North Yorkshire England26
13Perth and Kinross Scotland25
14Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland25
15Cumbria England24
1,107 England491 Scotland84 Wales75 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 91 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,807
Peak month
October
Counties with records
91
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Boletus edulis
Also known as
Cep
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,322
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Boletales
Family
Boletaceae
Genus
Boletus
Name with authority
Boletus edulis Bull.
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q19740 · GBIF 5954958