Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Russulales Family: Russulaceae
Species: Russula fellea Fr.
Synonyms: Russula ochracea
Common Name: Geranium Brittlegill
An ectomycorrhizal species
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Russula felleaPhotographer: © Ronnie Irvine
Photographer: © Ronnie Irvine

Photographer: © Ronnie Irvine
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (53)
Beech (3)
Betula (2)
Quercus (2)
Quercus petraea (2)
Betula pendula (1)
Castanea sativa (1)
Corylus avellana (1)
Fagus sylvatica subsp. purpurea (1)
Tilia (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (13)
Woodland: mixed (9)
Woodland: broadleaved (6)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (5)
Woodland (5)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (5)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (4)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (4)
Built up area, domestic (3)
Parkland and scattered trees (3)
Marsh/marshy grassland (2)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (2)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (2)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1)
Scrub (1)
Woodland and scrub (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Mossy (20)
Soil Leaves (17)
Soil (13)
Soil Grassy (5)
Soil bare (3)
Dead Branch (1)
Soil Needle (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
July (4)
August (11)
September (51)
October (47)
November (4)