Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales	Family: Russulaceae
Species: Russula delica Fr.

Synonyms:

Lactarius exsuccus Lactarius piperatus ß exsuccus Milk White Brittlegill Russula delica f. flavispora Russula delica var. chlora Russula exsuccus Tegyll Brau Llaethwyn

Common Name:

Milk White Brittlegill

An ectomycorrhizal species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (34) Corylus avellana (16) Quercus (9) Quercus petraea (8) Tilia x vulgaris (3) Pseudotsuga menziesii (1) Salix caprea (1) Picea abies (1) Coniferophyta (1) Betula pubescens (1) Cedrus libani (1) Picea sitchensis (1) Tilia platyphyllos x cordata = T. x europaea (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland (16) Parkland and scattered trees (8) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (5) Woodland: mixed (5) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (4) Woodland: mixed, plantation (4) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (3) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2) Woodland: broadleaved (2) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (2) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (2) Built up area, domestic (1) Built-up areas (1) Fraxinus excelsior-Sorbus aucuparia-Mercurialis perennis woo (1) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1) Woodland and scrub (1) Woodland: coniferous (1) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1) Woodland: plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (20) Soil Grassy (16) Soil Leaves (11) Soil Mossy (8) Soil Needle (2) Wet Soil (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (3) March (4) July (2) August (35) September (57) October (25) November (7)