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Mottled Bolete

Leccinum variicolor

249Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
40Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun0
Jul6
Aug41
Sep93
Oct83
Nov13
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland26
2Norfolk England23
3Perth and Kinross Scotland9
4Worcestershire England8
5Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland8
6Liverpool England7
7Sefton England5
8Argyll and Bute Scotland4
9Leeds England4
10Aberdeenshire Scotland4
11West Berkshire England4
12Stirling Scotland4
13Cambridgeshire England3
14Kent England3
15Cumbria England3
151 England56 Scotland6 Wales15 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 40 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
249
Peak month
September
Counties with records
40
Scientific name
Leccinum variicolor
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
224
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Boletales
Family
Boletaceae
Genus
Leccinum
Name with authority
Leccinum variicolor Watling

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q355571 · GBIF 2524553