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Ghost Bolete

Leccinum holopus

207Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
26Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun1
Jul6
Aug33
Sep91
Oct70
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland49
2Perth and Kinross Scotland16
3Cambridgeshire England9
4Oxfordshire England9
5Aberdeenshire Scotland9
6Norfolk England7
7Stirling Scotland7
8Gloucestershire England6
9Argyll and Bute Scotland5
10Cumbria England4
11Surrey England3
12West Berkshire England3
13Moray Scotland3
14East Ayrshire Scotland2
15Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland2
85 England92 Scotland4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 26 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
207
Peak month
September
Counties with records
26
Scientific name
Leccinum holopus
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
160
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Boletales
Family
Boletaceae
Genus
Leccinum
Name with authority
Leccinum holopus (Rostk.) Watling

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1328979 · GBIF 2524503