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Woolly Milkcap

Lactarius torminosus

628Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
67Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul1
Aug28
Sep223
Oct312
Nov38
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland154
2Cambridgeshire England28
3Gloucestershire England27
4Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland27
5Oxfordshire England18
6Worcestershire England16
7Aberdeenshire Scotland16
8Argyll and Bute Scotland15
9Perth and Kinross Scotland15
10Norfolk England14
11Moray Scotland14
12Stirling Scotland13
13Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland11
14North Yorkshire England10
15Kent England8
246 England273 Scotland29 Wales69 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 67 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
628
Peak month
October
Counties with records
67
Scientific name
Lactarius torminosus
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
604
Most recorded in
Highland
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Russulales
Family
Russulaceae
Genus
Lactarius
Name with authority
Lactarius torminosus (Schaeff.) Pers.
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8122710