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The Flirt

Russula vesca

598Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
60Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun10
Jul81
Aug169
Sep175
Oct123
Nov21
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland52
2Gloucestershire England45
3Kent England39
4Norfolk England34
5Aberdeenshire Scotland32
6Oxfordshire England21
7Cornwall England21
8Perth and Kinross Scotland11
9Cumbria England10
10Worcestershire England9
11Argyll and Bute Scotland9
12Bristol, City of England8
13Leeds England7
14Cambridgeshire England6
15Somerset England5
425 England125 Scotland20 Wales17 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 60 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
598
Peak month
September
Counties with records
60
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Russula vesca
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
580
Most recorded in
Highland
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Russulales
Family
Russulaceae
Genus
Russula
Name with authority
Russula vesca Fr.
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q851539 · GBIF 2551415