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Russula fellea (Fr.) Fr., 1825 (Geranium Brittlegill, Geranium-scented Russula)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Russula fellea Fruitbody 2 November 1975 Surrey England 4
Russula fellea Fruitbody 19 October 1975 North Hampshire England 2

Suggested Literature

Russula fellea 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 fellea is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [esp. acid soil]
Photos fruitbody Quercus - oaks (Fagaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [esp. acid soil]

Associated with Russula fellea:

Photos fruitbody (decayed) decayed fruitbody is parasitised by fruitbody Asterophora parasitica - Silky Piggyback (Agaricales: Tricholomataceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody (moribund) moribund fruitbody is parasitised by fruitbody Asterophora parasitica - Silky Piggyback (Agaricales: Tricholomataceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Russula fellea may be associated with more 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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