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Golden Brittlegill

Russula risigallina

400 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) eduard_garin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

What the records say

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 259, February 192, March 300, April 472, May 681, June 742, July 794, August 683, September 501, October 374, November 205, December 160.
United States5,368
Alaska5,363
Spain14
Germany8
Canada5
Switzerland5
Brandenburg5
Russia5
Quebec4
Hungary4

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Human edibleListed as edible by a harvested source. This is a research trait, not foraging advice.FungiTastic metadata
  • Mycorrhizal fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly form mycorrhizal associations.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderRussulales
FamilyMilkcaps, Brittlegills and Allies · Russulaceae
Genusbrittlegills · Russula

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Golden Brittlegill with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.