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Saffron Milkcap

Lactarius deliciosus

520Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
62Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May2
Jun1
Jul3
Aug49
Sep142
Oct234
Nov67
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland78
2Norfolk England44
3Aberdeenshire Scotland32
4Sefton England28
5Cambridgeshire England22
6Gloucestershire England20
7Oxfordshire England12
8Cornwall England12
9Moray Scotland11
10Worcestershire England9
11North Yorkshire England7
12Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland6
13Cumbria England5
14Argyll and Bute Scotland5
15Gwynedd Wales5
309 England152 Scotland24 Wales25 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
520
Peak month
October
Counties with records
62
Scientific name
Lactarius deliciosus
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
473
Most recorded in
Highland
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Russulales
Family
Russulaceae
Genus
Lactarius
Name with authority
Lactarius deliciosus (L.) Gray
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q62138 · GBIF 5248629