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Orange Birch Bolete

Leccinum versipelle

499Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
47Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun11
Jul34
Aug112
Sep167
Oct145
Nov21
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland177
2Gloucestershire England28
3Argyll and Bute Scotland27
4Stirling Scotland24
5Aberdeenshire Scotland19
6Kent England16
7Perth and Kinross Scotland16
8Liverpool England12
9Moray Scotland11
10Cumbria England9
11Norfolk England8
12Oxfordshire England6
13Surrey England6
14Worcestershire England5
15Sefton England4
165 England294 Scotland11 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 47 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
499
Peak month
September
Counties with records
47
Scientific name
Leccinum versipelle
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
400
Most recorded in
Highland
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Boletales
Family
Boletaceae
Genus
Leccinum
Name with authority
Leccinum versipelle (Fr.) Snell
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q533017 · GBIF 2524490