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Primrose Brittlegill

Russula sardonia

556Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
42Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun1
Jul11
Aug67
Sep165
Oct225
Nov63
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland130
2Aberdeenshire Scotland76
3Gloucestershire England40
4Norfolk England28
5Cornwall England23
6Somerset England18
7Moray Scotland18
8Sefton England13
9Worcestershire England12
10Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland10
11Perth and Kinross Scotland9
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland8
13Cumbria England7
14Isle of Wight England7
15Argyll and Bute Scotland6
232 England244 Scotland16 Wales35 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 42 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
556
Peak month
October
Counties with records
42
Scientific name
Russula sardonia
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
524
Most recorded in
Highland, Aberdeenshire
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Russulales
Family
Russulaceae
Genus
Russula
Name with authority
Russula sardonia Fr.
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q206449 · GBIF 2551274