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Pluteus salicinus

643Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
58Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb0
Mar1
Apr0
May13
Jun18
Jul45
Aug85
Sep173
Oct227
Nov51
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England88
2Bristol, City of England43
3Oxfordshire England36
4Gloucestershire England31
5Cambridgeshire England20
6Cornwall England16
7Kent England12
8Worcestershire England11
9Essex England10
10Sefton England10
11Leeds England9
12Surrey England7
13Powys Wales7
14Perth and Kinross Scotland7
15Renfrewshire Scotland7
541 England38 Scotland27 Wales12 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 58 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
643
Peak month
October
Counties with records
58
Scientific name
Pluteus salicinus
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
589
Most recorded in
Norfolk
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Pluteaceae
Genus
Pluteus
Name with authority
Pluteus salicinus (Pers.) P.Kumm.
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2980417 · GBIF 5241274