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Fragile Brittlegill

Russula fragilis

801Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
66Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun2
Jul25
Aug61
Sep190
Oct350
Nov130
Dec12

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England55
2Norfolk England48
3Kent England35
4Highland Scotland35
5Cornwall England35
6Cambridgeshire England33
7Sefton England26
8Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland20
9Worcestershire England16
10Liverpool England15
11Oxfordshire England11
12Bristol, City of England9
13Belfast Northern Ireland9
14Somerset England8
15Gwynedd Wales8
622 England74 Scotland32 Wales53 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 66 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
801
Peak month
October
Counties with records
66
Scientific name
Russula fragilis
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
566
Most recorded in
Gloucestershire
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Russulales
Family
Russulaceae
Genus
Russula
Name with authority
Russula fragilis Fr.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1516668 · GBIF 2551254