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milk-white brittlegill

Russula delica

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 382, February 282, March 442, April 695, May 1,002, June 1,092, July 1,169, August 1,005, September 738, October 551, November 301, December 235.
United States8,127
Alaska7,893
Russia466
Canada83
Altai Krai66
Ontario58
Sverdlovsk Oblast45
New York42
Novosibirsk Oblast38
Chelyabinsk Oblast27

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

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