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Matte bolete

Xerocomellus pruinatus

546Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
49Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May1
Jun0
Jul21
Aug63
Sep131
Oct224
Nov74
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England70
2Oxfordshire England40
3Norfolk England38
4Cambridgeshire England27
5Worcestershire England24
6Cornwall England12
7Kent England10
8Highland Scotland10
9Sefton England10
10Bristol, City of England8
11North Yorkshire England6
12Cheshire East England5
13Essex England4
14Surrey England3
15Devon England3
477 England28 Scotland11 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 49 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
546
Peak month
October
Counties with records
49
Scientific name
Xerocomellus pruinatus
Also known as
Matt Bolete
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
484
Most recorded in
Gloucestershire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Boletales
Family
Boletaceae
Genus
Xerocomellus
Name with authority
Xerocomellus pruinatus (Fr.) Šutara
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q818958 · GBIF 2519584