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Peppery Bolete

Chalciporus piperatus

672Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
69Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun3
Jul24
Aug98
Sep170
Oct262
Nov72
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland100
2Gloucestershire England48
3Worcestershire England30
4Aberdeenshire Scotland26
5Argyll and Bute Scotland18
6Oxfordshire England15
7Somerset England15
8Cornwall England14
9Liverpool England14
10Norfolk England13
11Sefton England12
12Perth and Kinross Scotland12
13Stirling Scotland12
14Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland12
15Belfast Northern Ireland11
357 England223 Scotland26 Wales33 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 69 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
672
Peak month
October
Counties with records
69
Scientific name
Chalciporus piperatus
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
571
Most recorded in
Highland
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Boletales
Family
Boletaceae
Genus
Chalciporus
Name with authority
Chalciporus piperatus (Bull.) Bataille
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 9156243