Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Russulales Family: Russulaceae
Species: Russula cyanoxantha (Schaeff.) Fr.
Synonyms: Russula cutifracta
Russula cyanoxantha f. cutefracta
Russula furcata
Common Name: Charcoal Burner
An ectomycorrhizal species
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Russula cyanoxanthaPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (81)
Quercus (16)
Quercus petraea (11)
Corylus avellana (9)
Tilia cordata x platyphyllos (4)
Beech (2)
Pinus sylvestris (2)
Tilia (2)
Poa (1)
Quercus robur (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (19)
Parkland and scattered trees (13)
Woodland: mixed (13)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (6)
Woodland: broadleaved (6)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (6)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (6)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (5)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (3)
Boundaries: defunct hedge (2)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (2)
Woodland (2)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Wet ash-wych elm woods: Heavy soil forms (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: coniferous (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (36)
Soil Mossy (29)
Soil Leaves (23)
Soil Grassy (19)
Soil bare (3)
Soil Needle (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
May (1)
June (3)
July (21)
August (48)
September (57)
October (39)
November (9)