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Ugly Milkcap

Lactarius turpis

1,148Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
72Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun1
Jul9
Aug52
Sep283
Oct576
Nov156
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England127
2Highland Scotland96
3Cambridgeshire England87
4Gloucestershire England64
5Worcestershire England57
6Oxfordshire England33
7Aberdeenshire Scotland27
8Liverpool England22
9Kent England21
10Suffolk England19
11Sefton England18
12Perth and Kinross Scotland16
13Cornwall England14
14North Yorkshire England14
15Nottinghamshire England11
854 England196 Scotland28 Wales63 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 72 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,148
Peak month
October
Counties with records
72
Scientific name
Lactarius turpis
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,046
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Russulales
Family
Russulaceae
Genus
Lactarius
Name with authority
Lactarius turpis (Weinm.) Fr.
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q23637 · GBIF 5248667