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Blue Band Brittlegill

Russula chloroides

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 141, February 104, March 164, April 258, May 371, June 405, July 433, August 373, September 274, October 204, November 112, December 87.
United States2,932
Alaska2,926
Spain34
Italy24
Germany18
Austria13
Aragón12
France11
Switzerland11
Nord-Est11

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