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Russula xerampelina (Schaeff.) Fr., Epicr. syst. mycol. (Uppsala): 356 (1838)

Russula alutacea var. erythropus Fr., Hymenomyc. Eur. (Uppsala): 453 (1874)
Russula erythropus (Fr.) Pelt., Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 24: 118 (1908)
Russula xerampelina var. erythropus (Fr.) Kühner & Romagn., Fl. Analyt. Champ. Supér. (Paris): 49 (1953)
Russula erythropus var. ochracea J. Blum, Bull. trimest. Soc. mycol. Fr. 77: 162 (1961)

Habitat: On soil in native woodland or plantations, usually with Pinus spp.

Notes: Common and widespread. Treated in a broad sense in NCL but here restricted to the more or less red species growing with conifers.

Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: c, ROI: c, Other: Channel Islands: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 109216; Scotland: K(M) 24115; Wales: K(M) 138507; Other: Channel Islands: K(M) 24963

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), as Russula erythropus, p. 104
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 391
D+I:, in Galli, R., Le Russule: 480 pp. (1996), p. 364-365

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