Purple Swamp Brittlegill - Russula nitida
Cap 2 to 6 cm, soon depressed at centre, with strongly sulcate margin, purple, vinaceous, ochreous or brownish; gills medium spaced, cream, then ochre, sometimes with red edge near cap margin; stem white, often reddish at the base.
Broad-leaved woodland often with Birch.
Late summer and autumn.
Widespread in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Steve Mathers
Cademan Wood
12 November 2017
det. T Hering
cap. 4cm
David Nicholls
New Lount NR
23 September 2018
det. R Iliffe/T Hering
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Species profile
- Common names
- Purple Swamp Brittlegill
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Russulales
- Family:
- Russulaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 12/11/2017 (Mathers, Steve)
- Last record:
- 23/09/2018 (Nicholls, David)
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