Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales Family: Russulaceae
Species: Russula vesca Fr.
Synonyms: Russula mitis
Russula vesca f. lactea
Common Name: The Flirt


An ectomycorrhizal species
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Russula vescaPhotographer: © David Mitchel
Photographer: © David Mitchel

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (12)
Quercus petraea (5)
Quercus (2)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Parkland and scattered trees (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (2)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Woodland and scrub (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (7)
Soil Mossy (5)
Soil Grassy (4)
Soil Leaves (2)
Months recorded in & number of records:
March (3)
July (3)
August (9)
September (22)
October (3)