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Coconut Milkcap

Lactarius glyciosmus

673Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
71Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul5
Aug28
Sep190
Oct347
Nov61
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland99
2Argyll and Bute Scotland38
3Gloucestershire England36
4Norfolk England30
5Worcestershire England29
6Cornwall England20
7Aberdeenshire Scotland16
8Dumfries and Galloway Scotland15
9Perth and Kinross Scotland14
10Belfast Northern Ireland14
11Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland14
12Stirling Scotland13
13Surrey England10
14Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland10
15North Yorkshire England9
335 England245 Scotland36 Wales47 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
673
Peak month
October
Counties with records
71
Scientific name
Lactarius glyciosmus
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
663
Most recorded in
Highland
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Russulales
Family
Russulaceae
Genus
Lactarius
Name with authority
Lactarius glyciosmus (Fr.) Fr.
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q650468 · GBIF 5248706