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Rufous Milkcap

Lactarius rufus

577Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
62Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun6
Jul29
Aug90
Sep156
Oct210
Nov59
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland142
2Aberdeenshire Scotland39
3Gloucestershire England35
4Norfolk England28
5Cambridgeshire England20
6Worcestershire England19
7Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland19
8North Yorkshire England14
9Cumbria England12
10Moray Scotland9
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland8
12Cornwall England7
13East Ayrshire Scotland7
14Sefton England6
15Perth and Kinross Scotland6
281 England250 Scotland14 Wales22 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 62 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
577
Peak month
October
Counties with records
62
Scientific name
Lactarius rufus
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
552
Most recorded in
Highland
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Russulales
Family
Russulaceae
Genus
Lactarius
Name with authority
Lactarius rufus (Scop.) Fr.
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1323764 · GBIF 5248684