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Oakbug Milkcap

Lactarius quietus

1,463Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
79Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun4
Jul29
Aug113
Sep395
Oct639
Nov200
Dec10

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England194
2Cambridgeshire England119
3Gloucestershire England62
4Worcestershire England61
5Oxfordshire England47
6Kent England42
7Cornwall England34
8Bristol, City of England25
9Powys Wales22
10Highland Scotland21
11Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland20
12Liverpool England19
13Cumbria England18
14Sefton England15
15Dumfries and Galloway Scotland15
1,201 England98 Scotland65 Wales83 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 79 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,463
Peak month
October
Counties with records
79
Scientific name
Lactarius quietus
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,439
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Russulales
Family
Russulaceae
Genus
Lactarius
Name with authority
Lactarius quietus (Fr.) Fr.
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q430845 · GBIF 5248616