Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales	Family: Russulaceae
Species: Russula aeruginea Lindblad ex Fr.

Synonyms:

Russula graminicolor

Common Name:

Green Brittlegill

An ectomycorrhizal species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Betula (7) Betula pendula (7) Betula pubescens (7) Fagus sylvatica (1) Pinus (1) Quercus petraea (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Parkland and scattered trees (3) Woodland and scrub (3) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (2) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2) Bog (1) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1) Rowan-birch woods (1) Wet dwarf shrub heath (1) Woodland (1) Woodland: broadleaved (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1) Woodland: mixed (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (13) Soil Grassy (6) Soil Leaves (3) Soil Peat (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (1) July (3) August (8) September (15) October (6) November (2)