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Russula emetica (Schaeff.) Pers., 1796 (Sickener)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Russula emetica? Fruitbody 16 September 1970 East Sussex England 2

Suggested Literature

Russula emetica may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
RUSSULALES
(an order of toadstools)
RUSSULACEAE
(milkcaps and russulas)
Russula
(brittlegill toadstools, russulas)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Russula emetica is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Picea - spruces (Pinaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on acid soil]
Photos fruitbody Pinus sylvestris - Scots Pine (Pinaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on acid soil]
Photos fruitbody Sphagnum - bog mosses (Sphagnales: Sphagnaceae) fruitbody is associated with live root Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on acid soil]

Associated with Russula emetica:

Photos fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by colony of Calcarisporium anamorph Calcarisporium arbuscula - an anamorphic fungus Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998

Russula emetica may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
Russula
(brittlegill toadstools, russulas)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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