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Russula ochroleuca Pers., 1796 (Ochre Brittlegill, Common Yellow Russula)

Notes (MWS) Our commonest *Russula* , its dull yellow caps are found under both broad-leaved and coniferous trees.

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #microphotos
Russula ochroleuca Fruitbody 25 September 2001 Berks England 7 6
Russula ochroleuca Fruitbody 21 November 1976 West Sussex England 1
Russula ochroleuca 1 November 1975 North Hampshire England 3
Russula ochroleuca Fruitbody 16 September 1970 East Sussex England 1

Suggested Literature

Russula ochroleuca 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 ochroleuca is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Pinopsida - conifers fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Russula ochroleuca:

Russula ochroleuca 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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