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Variable Brittlegill - Russula versicolor
Cap 2-6cm, convex and slow to expand. Colour variable, usually a mix of red-violet to purple, often with ochre-yellow or olive-green patches.
Woodlands with a wide range of host trees, both broad-leaved and conifers.
Autumn
Frequent and widespread.
Occasional, but may be under-recorded as there are several other Russula species that look almost identical.
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- Common names
- Variable Brittlegill
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Russulales
- Family:
- Russulaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 06/11/2013 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 06/11/2013 (Calow, Graham)
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