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

Synonyms:

Agaricus fallax Agaricus fragilis Fragile Brittlegill Russula bataillea Russula bataillei Russula fallax Russula fragilis Russula fragilis var. fallax Russula fragilis var. violascens Tegyll Brau Bregys

Common Name:

Fragile Brittlegill

An ectomycorrhizal species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Quercus (23) Betula (9) Betula pubescens (6) Fagus sylvatica (5) Quercus petraea (3) Corylus avellana (2) Betula pendula (2) Quercus robur (2) Salix (2) Tilia (1) Fagus sylvatica subsp. purpurea (1) Pinus (1) Pinus sylvestris (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland (15) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (13) Woodland: mixed (13) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (10) Parkland and scattered trees (10) Built up area, domestic (5) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (5) Woodland and scrub (5) Woodland: broadleaved (5) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (3) Bog: raised (2) Scrub (2) Woodland: plantation (2) Bog (1) Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (1) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (35) Soil Leaves (9) Soil Grassy (7) Soil Mossy (2) Soil Peat (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (1) March (3) July (2) August (6) September (37) October (36) November (1)