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Russula decolorans (Fr.) Fr., 1838 (Copper Brittlegill)

1992 (Provisional) Red Data List Vulnerable

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Russula decolorans Fruitbody 22 August 1978 South Aberdeenshire Scotland 3

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Kibby, G., 2005, Russula decolorans, Field Mycology, Volume 6(1): Front cover (Photograph) Russula decolorans

Russula decolorans may also 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 decolorans is associated with:

fruitbody Pinus sylvestris ssp. scotica - Caledonian Pine (Pinaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Russula decolorans:

Russula decolorans may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

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

References

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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