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Mild Milkcap

Lactarius subdulcis

962Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
74Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun8
Jul25
Aug85
Sep194
Oct407
Nov161
Dec22

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England75
2Oxfordshire England60
3Worcestershire England46
4Gloucestershire England39
5Bristol, City of England32
6Highland Scotland27
7Cornwall England27
8Kent England25
9Mid Ulster Northern Ireland19
10Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland17
11Cambridgeshire England14
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland13
13Isle of Anglesey Wales13
14Ards and North Down Northern Ireland12
15Somerset England10
716 England104 Scotland43 Wales89 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 74 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
962
Peak month
October
Counties with records
74
Scientific name
Lactarius subdulcis
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
959
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Oxfordshire
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Russulales
Family
Russulaceae
Genus
Lactarius
Name with authority
Lactarius subdulcis (Pers.) Gray
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 9186214