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Russula nitida (Pers.) Fr., 1838 (Purple Swamp Brittlegill)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Russula nitida? Fruitbody 19 August 1979 Surrey England 2
Russula nitida? Fruitbody 30 July 1979 Surrey England 2

Suggested Literature

Russula nitida 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 nitida is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Betula - birches (Betulaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [acid soil]
Photos fruitbody Pinus - pines (Pinaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [acid soil]

Associated with Russula nitida:

Russula nitida 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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