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Blackening Brittlegill

Russula nigricans

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 667, February 493, March 772, April 1,214, May 1,750, June 1,909, July 2,043, August 1,757, September 1,290, October 963, November 526, December 411.
United States14,313
Alaska13,793
Germany175
Canada139
United Kingdom124
Washington96
England88
California86
British Columbia70
Austria65

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

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