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Wolf's milk Slime

Lycogala epidendrum

1,092Records since 2000
MayPeak month
79Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb11
Mar26
Apr120
May213
Jun115
Jul120
Aug107
Sep87
Oct173
Nov67
Dec15

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England124
2Bristol, City of England82
3Norfolk England67
4Cambridgeshire England53
5Sefton England28
6Highland Scotland27
7Oxfordshire England23
8Perth and Kinross Scotland22
9Worcestershire England19
10Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland14
11Aberdeenshire Scotland13
12North Yorkshire England12
13Herefordshire, County of England12
14Sheffield England11
15Wakefield England10
877 England115 Scotland34 Wales51 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 79 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,092
Peak month
May
Counties with records
79
Scientific name
Lycogala epidendrum
Group
Microorganisms and protists
NBN Atlas records since 2000
388
Kingdom
Protozoa
Phylum
Mycetozoa
Class
Myxomycetes
Order
Cribrariales
Family
Tubiferaceae
Genus
Lycogala
Name with authority
Lycogala epidendrum (L.) Fr., 1829
Described
1829
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q520210 · GBIF 3213482