Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales Family: Russulaceae
Species: Russula chloroides (Krombh.) Bres.
Synonyms: Agaricus chloroides
Russula delica var. chloroides
Common Name: Blue Band Brittlegill


An ectomycorrhizal species
Click on the dots to get a species list for the 10km square that it represents.
This distribution map was produced using DMap
Russula chloroidesPhotographer: © David Mitchel
Photographer: © David Mitchel

Photographer: © David Mitchel Photographer: © David Mitchel
Have you a photograph, digital or otherwise that you would like to provide for this page? Or would you like to use this photograph? If so, please e-mail David Mitchel at the address given on the home page.

Or search Google Images for this species
View this species in its UK context on the NBN Atlas
Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (14)
Quercus (9)
Quercus robur (3)
Quercus petraea (2)
Corylus avellana (2)
Tilia (1)
Picea sitchensis (1)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Tilia x vulgaris (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland and scrub (9)
Parkland and scattered trees (5)
Woodland (4)
Woodland: mixed (4)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (2)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (2)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (21)
Soil Leaves (4)
Soil Grassy (3)
Soil Mossy (2)
Months recorded in & number of records:
July (3)
August (16)
September (26)
October (8)
November (1)