Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales Family: Russulaceae
Species: Russula graveolens Romell
Synonyms: Russula graveolens f. purpurissata
Russula graveolens var. megacantha
Russula purpurata
Russula purpurea
Russula purpurissata
Russula xerampelina var. graveolens
Russula xerampelina var. purpurata
Common Name:


An ectomycorrhizal species
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Russula graveolens

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Quercus robur (3)
Quercus (1)
Quercus petraea (1)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Grassy (4)
Litter (1)
Soil Mossy (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
August (1)
September (3)
October (1)
November (1)