Scarlet Brittlegill - Russula pseudointegra
Cap 10 to 15 cm. A distinctive fungus with a deep cherry red cap and yellowy white gills.
Often beneath Oak trees. Favouring clay soils and particularly associated with Oak.
Autumn
Although it has been found over much of Britain it is most frequent in the south.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.
 Feild margin next to Burbage Common SP45119454 (taken 1.9.2010),.JPG)
Graham Calow
Burbage Common
01 September 2010 Feild margin next to Burbage Common SP45119454 (taken 1.9.2010)..JPG)
Graham Calow
Burbage Common
01 September 2010
 Feild margin next to Burbage Common SP45119454 (taken 1.9.2010),.JPG)
 Feild margin next to Burbage Common SP45119454 (taken 1.9.2010)..JPG)
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Species profile
- Common names
- Scarlet Brittlegill
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Russulales
- Family:
- Russulaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 01/09/2010 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 25/08/2017 (Mathers, Steve)
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Lostash
Leicester Botanical Gardens
23 November 2014
Steve Mathers
Altar Stones NR
25 August 2017
Steve Mathers
Altar Stones NR
25 August 2017
