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

Synonyms:

Russula chrysodacryon Russula chrysodacryon f. viridis Russula chrysodacryon var. viridis Russula drimeia Russula drimeia f. viridis Russula drimeia var. flavovirens Russula emeticiformis Russula sardonia var. citrina Russula sardonia var. emeticiformis Russula sardonia var. mellina Russula sardonia var. sardonia Russula sardonia var. viridis Tegyll Brau Fioled

Common Name:

Primrose Brittlegill

An ectomycorrhizal species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Pinus sylvestris (12) Pinus (9) Pinus contorta (4) Fagus sylvatica (3) Picea (2) Betula (1) Pinus nigra (1) Quercus (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland and scrub (5) Woodland: mixed (4) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (3) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2) Woodland (2) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2) Bog (1) Built-up areas (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Parkland and scattered trees (1) Sand-dune: dune scrub (1) Wet dwarf shrub heath (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1) Woodland: coniferous (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation, high forest (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (14) Soil Grassy (3) Soil Leaves (3) Soil Needle (3) Soil Mossy (2) Wood (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (2) August (5) September (26) October (20) November (1)