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Russula rosea (Rosy Brittlegill)
Pers. 1796
Basidiomycota > Agaricomycetes > Russulales > Russulaceae
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Bacton Woods TG3131Bridgham Picnic Site TL9683Buxton Heath, Hevingham TG1721Dersingham Wood TF6929East Winch Common TF6915Felthorpe Woods TG1416Foxley Wood TG0522Guist, Sennowe Park TF9825Hindolveston, Holmes's Wood TG0530Hockering Wood TG0714Holkham Meals East TF9045Honingham Fen TG0912Horsford, Broadland Country Park TG1817Kelling Heath TG1041Lenwade Pits TG1018Roydon, White Hills Wood TF6924Sandringham Estate TF6928

Summary

20 records from 17 different sites
Years (# of records): 1978 (1) 1979 (1) 1980 (2) 1981 (2) 1982 (2) 1984 (1) 1987 (1) 1990 (2) 1992 (1) 1999 (1) 2000 (2) 2008 (1) 2021 (1) 2024 (1) 2025 (1)
Months: JFMAMJJASOND
Associations: Betula; Fagus; Pinus sylvestris
Substrate: soil
Finders: A.R. Leech; Anon; foray; Jenny Kelly; Mark Joy; R.E. Evans
Identifiers: A.L. Bull; A.R. Leech; Jenny Kelly; Mark Joy; R.E. Evans; Tony Leech
Confirmer: Tony Leech
Comments: '20 trooping frbs. Cap sizes 4 -75 mm. Hardly peeling. Bitter taste. FeSO4 slowly pale pink. Spores measurements noted.'; 'In mixed wood'; 'MNT foray'; 'Under beech'

Record Details

20/08/1978 Bacton Woods; TG3131; Fagus; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; "Under beech"
03/09/1979 Honingham Fen; TG0912; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
07/09/1980 Lenwade Pits; TG1018; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
19/10/1980 East Winch Common; TF6915; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
14/10/1981 Felthorpe Woods; TG1416; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
25/10/1981 Holkham Meals East; TF9045; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
29/08/1982 Hockering Wood; TG0714; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; "In mixed wood"
24/09/1982 Honingham Fen; TG0912; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
26/08/1984 Guist, Sennowe Park; TF9825; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
09/08/1987 Buxton Heath, Hevingham; TG1721; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; "MNT foray"
04/11/1990 Bridgham Picnic Site; TL9683; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
11/11/1990 Sandringham Estate; TF6928; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
20/10/1992 Holkham Meals East; TF8945; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
29/10/1999 Kelling Heath; TG1041; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech
14/10/2000 Hindolveston, Holmes's Wood; TG0530; Anon; A.L. Bull
15/10/2000 Kelling Heath; TG1041; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
13/10/2008 Horsford, Broadland Country Park; TG1817; foray; Tony Leech
02/11/2021 Foxley Wood; TG051227; soil; Mark Joy; Mark Joy; Tony Leech; "20 trooping frbs. Cap sizes 4 -75 mm. Hardly peeling. Bitter taste. FeSO4 slowly pale pink. Spores measurements noted."
; Additional NotesSpores (6.4) 6.8 - 8.8 (9) × (5.6) 5.9 - 6.9 (7.7) µm; Q = (1) 1.1 - 1.3 (1.5); N = 24 Me = 7.8 × 6.5 µm; Qe = 1.2

16/10/2024 Roydon, White Hills Wood; TF694247; Pinus sylvestris; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; Lit. cited: 186
30/10/2025 Dersingham Wood; TF696296; Betula; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; Lit. cited: 186

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