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bleached brittlegill

Russula exalbicans

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

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 41, February 30, March 47, April 74, May 107, June 116, July 124, August 107, September 79, October 59, November 32, December 25.
United States861
Alaska839
Canada21
Ontario14
Germany12
Switzerland10
Minnesota8
France8
Wisconsin7
Russia7

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Mycorrhizal fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly form mycorrhizal associations.Inferred from its group

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