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Russula cessans (Tardy Brittlegill)
A. Pearson 1950
Basidiomycota > Agaricomycetes > Russulales > Russulaceae
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Holkham Meals West TF8844Holme Dunes TF7145Holme, Bird observatory TF7144

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6 records from 3 different sites
Years (# of records): 2003 (1) 2016 (2) 2020 (1) 2024 (1) 2025 (1)
Months: JFMAMJJASOND
Associations: Pinus; Pinus sylvestris
Substrates: dead wood (coniferous); sandy soil; soil; soil, sandy
Finders: foray; Jenny Kelly; Jeremy Bartlett; Keith Fox; R. Venturini
Identifiers: G.G. Kibby; Jenny Kelly; Jeremy Bartlett; Keith Fox; Tony Leech
Confirmer: NFSG DNA Team
Comment: 'Growing on sandy soil (old consolidated sand dune) with Pinus and Quercus ilex. Aberrant Russula cessans with anomalous yellow cap.'

Record Details

28/10/2003 Holkham Meals West; TF8845; Pinus; soil, sandy; R. Venturini; G.G. Kibby
15/09/2016 Holme Dunes; TF714450; dead wood (coniferous); Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
06/10/2016 Holkham Meals West; TF8844; foray; Tony Leech
07/11/2020 Holme Dunes; TF712450; Pinus sylvestris; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
23/10/2024 Holme, Bird observatory; TF717449; Pinus; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
14/10/2025 Holkham Meals West; TF877455; sandy soil; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett; NFSG DNA Team; "Growing on sandy soil (old consolidated sand dune) with Pinus and Quercus ilex. Aberrant Russula cessans with anomalous yellow cap."; DNA barcoded; Genbank:PZ213134; Lit. cited: 186;132
; Additional NotesSpores: 8.5 x 6.5 um with mostly isolated warts and a few connectives .Cap: yellow-ochre (in 3 – 10cm range), white stem, peeling half to nearly fully. Very hot,acrid taste. FeSO4 pink, guiac deep blue. KOH on stem golden yellow. NOTE: anomalous yellow cap colour.

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