Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Russulales Family: Russulaceae
Species: Russula nigricans (Bull.) Fr.
Synonyms: Agaricus elephantinus
Russula nigrescens
Common Name: Blackening Brittlegill
An ectomycorrhizal species
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Russula nigricansPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (58)
Quercus (22)
Corylus avellana (13)
Quercus petraea (7)
Betula (4)
Picea sitchensis (2)
Tilia cordata x platyphyllos (2)
Beech (1)
Betula pendula (1)
Pinus sylvestris (1)
Quercus robur (1)
Russula nigricans (1)
Taxus baccata (1)
Tilia (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (21)
Woodland: broadleaved (11)
Woodland: mixed (9)
Woodland: plantation (5)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (4)
Woodland (4)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (4)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (4)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (4)
Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (3)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (3)
Parkland and scattered trees (3)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (3)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (3)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (3)
Built up area, domestic (2)
Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (2)
Scrub (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (2)
Woodland: coniferous (2)
Acid grassland: unimproved (1)
Bog (1)
Boundaries: defunct hedge (1)
Cultivated/disturbed land: amenity grassland (1)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1)
Marginal/inundation: marginal (1)
Neutral grassland (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (32)
Soil Leaves (28)
Soil Mossy (23)
Soil Grassy (17)
Branch (1)
Soil bare (1)
Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
July (2)
August (30)
September (78)
October (50)
November (9)
December (4)