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Pluteus cervinus

2,660Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
87Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan26
Feb5
Mar24
Apr65
May100
Jun104
Jul153
Aug242
Sep598
Oct876
Nov318
Dec37

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England274
2Gloucestershire England241
3Cambridgeshire England159
4Oxfordshire England116
5Bristol, City of England110
6Worcestershire England94
7Cornwall England72
8Highland Scotland71
9Sefton England54
10Kent England38
11Cumbria England25
12Somerset England24
13Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland24
14North Yorkshire England23
15Renfrewshire Scotland21
2,176 England216 Scotland89 Wales135 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 87 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,660
Peak month
October
Counties with records
87
Scientific name
Pluteus cervinus
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,578
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Pluteaceae
Genus
Pluteus
Name with authority
Pluteus cervinus (Schaeff.) P.Kumm.
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7446067