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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Russula delicaPhotographer: © David Mitchel
Photographer: © David Mitchel

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (34)
Corylus avellana (17)
Quercus (10)
Quercus petraea (8)
Tilia x vulgaris (3)
Tilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea (1)
Salix caprea (1)
Picea sitchensis (1)
Picea abies (1)
Cedrus libani (1)
Pseudotsuga menziesii (1)
Betula pubescens (1)
Coniferophyta (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland (15)
Parkland and scattered trees (5)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (5)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (4)
Woodland: mixed (4)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (4)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (2)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (2)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (2)
Built-up areas (1)
Fraxinus excelsior-Sorbus aucuparia-Mercurialis perennis woo (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1)
Woodland and scrub (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: coniferous (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Woodland: plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (20)
Soil Grassy (17)
Soil Leaves (11)
Soil Mossy (8)
Soil Needle (2)
Wet Soil (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (3)
March (4)
July (6)
August (35)
September (60)
October (28)
November (7)