Russula recondita Melera & Ostellari
(a brittlegill)

Interactions where Russula recondita is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
Fruitbody		Fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			Corylus avellana	Hazel	Fagales: Betulaceae	Analysis of morphological, ecological and molecular characters of Russula pectinatoides Peck and Russula praetervisa Sarnari, with a description of the new taxon Russula recondita Melera & Ostellari, Melera, S., Ostellari, C., Roemer, N., Avis, P.G.,Tonolla, M.,Barja, F. & Narduzzi-Wicht, B., 2017	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Russula recondita/	Russula recondita	a brittlegill				Fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus avellana/	Corylus avellana	hazel		live	root
Fruitbody		Fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			Corylus maxima purpurea	Purple Filbert	Fagales: Betulaceae	Analysis of morphological, ecological and molecular characters of Russula pectinatoides Peck and Russula praetervisa Sarnari, with a description of the new taxon Russula recondita Melera & Ostellari, Melera, S., Ostellari, C., Roemer, N., Avis, P.G.,Tonolla, M.,Barja, F. & Narduzzi-Wicht, B., 2017	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Russula recondita/	Russula recondita	a brittlegill				Fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus maxima purpurea/	Corylus maxima purpurea	purple filbert		live	root
Fruitbody		Fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			Castanea sativa	Sweet Chestnut	Fagales: Fagaceae	Analysis of morphological, ecological and molecular characters of Russula pectinatoides Peck and Russula praetervisa Sarnari, with a description of the new taxon Russula recondita Melera & Ostellari, Melera, S., Ostellari, C., Roemer, N., Avis, P.G.,Tonolla, M.,Barja, F. & Narduzzi-Wicht, B., 2017	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Russula recondita/	Russula recondita	a brittlegill				Fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/	Castanea sativa	sweet chestnut		live	root
Fruitbody		Fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			Quercus cerris	Turkey Oak	Fagales: Fagaceae	Analysis of morphological, ecological and molecular characters of Russula pectinatoides Peck and Russula praetervisa Sarnari, with a description of the new taxon Russula recondita Melera & Ostellari, Melera, S., Ostellari, C., Roemer, N., Avis, P.G.,Tonolla, M.,Barja, F. & Narduzzi-Wicht, B., 2017	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Russula recondita/	Russula recondita	a brittlegill				Fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus cerris/	Quercus cerris	Turkey oak		live	root
Fruitbody		Fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			Quercus robur	Pedunculate Oak	Fagales: Fagaceae	Analysis of morphological, ecological and molecular characters of Russula pectinatoides Peck and Russula praetervisa Sarnari, with a description of the new taxon Russula recondita Melera & Ostellari, Melera, S., Ostellari, C., Roemer, N., Avis, P.G.,Tonolla, M.,Barja, F. & Narduzzi-Wicht, B., 2017	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Russula recondita/	Russula recondita	a brittlegill				Fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus robur/	Quercus robur	pedunculate oak		live	root
Fruitbody		Fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			Helianthemum	rock-roses	Malvales: Cistaceae	Analysis of morphological, ecological and molecular characters of Russula pectinatoides Peck and Russula praetervisa Sarnari, with a description of the new taxon Russula recondita Melera & Ostellari, Melera, S., Ostellari, C., Roemer, N., Avis, P.G.,Tonolla, M.,Barja, F. & Narduzzi-Wicht, B., 2017	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Russula recondita/	Russula recondita	a brittlegill				Fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Cistaceae/Helianthemum/	Helianthemum	rock-roses		live	root
fruitbody		fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			Tilia	limes	Malvales: Malvaceae	An association of Russula pectinata and the Lime, Moss, M.O., 1978	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Russula recondita/	Russula recondita	a brittlegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Tilia/	Tilia	limes		live	root
Fruitbody		Fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			Tilia	limes	Malvales: Malvaceae	Analysis of morphological, ecological and molecular characters of Russula pectinatoides Peck and Russula praetervisa Sarnari, with a description of the new taxon Russula recondita Melera & Ostellari, Melera, S., Ostellari, C., Roemer, N., Avis, P.G.,Tonolla, M.,Barja, F. & Narduzzi-Wicht, B., 2017	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Russula recondita/	Russula recondita	a brittlegill				Fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Tilia/	Tilia	limes		live	root
fruitbody		fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			Tilia platyphyllos x cordata = T. x europaea	lime	Malvales: Malvaceae	More associations between Russula pectinata and planted limes - and some reflections provoked by them., Nannfeldt, J.A., 1979	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Russula recondita/	Russula recondita	a brittlegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Tilia platyphyllos x cordata = T. x europaea/	Tilia platyphyllos x cordata = T. x europaea	lime		live	root
fruitbody		fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Russula recondita/	Russula recondita	a brittlegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza	Relationship uncertain		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		live	root
Fruitbody		Fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			Cedrus	cedars	Pinales: Pinaceae	Analysis of morphological, ecological and molecular characters of Russula pectinatoides Peck and Russula praetervisa Sarnari, with a description of the new taxon Russula recondita Melera & Ostellari, Melera, S., Ostellari, C., Roemer, N., Avis, P.G.,Tonolla, M.,Barja, F. & Narduzzi-Wicht, B., 2017	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Russula recondita/	Russula recondita	a brittlegill				Fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Cedrus/	Cedrus	cedars		live	root
Fruitbody		Fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			Cedrus deodara	Deodar	Pinales: Pinaceae	Analysis of morphological, ecological and molecular characters of Russula pectinatoides Peck and Russula praetervisa Sarnari, with a description of the new taxon Russula recondita Melera & Ostellari, Melera, S., Ostellari, C., Roemer, N., Avis, P.G.,Tonolla, M.,Barja, F. & Narduzzi-Wicht, B., 2017	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Russula recondita/	Russula recondita	a brittlegill				Fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Cedrus deodara/	Cedrus deodara	deodar		live	root
Fruitbody		Fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			Picea pungens	Colorado Spruce	Pinales: Pinaceae	Analysis of morphological, ecological and molecular characters of Russula pectinatoides Peck and Russula praetervisa Sarnari, with a description of the new taxon Russula recondita Melera & Ostellari, Melera, S., Ostellari, C., Roemer, N., Avis, P.G.,Tonolla, M.,Barja, F. & Narduzzi-Wicht, B., 2017	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Russula recondita/	Russula recondita	a brittlegill				Fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea pungens/	Picea pungens	Colorado spruce		live	root
Fruitbody		Fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			Pinus sylvestris	Scots Pine	Pinales: Pinaceae	Analysis of morphological, ecological and molecular characters of Russula pectinatoides Peck and Russula praetervisa Sarnari, with a description of the new taxon Russula recondita Melera & Ostellari, Melera, S., Ostellari, C., Roemer, N., Avis, P.G.,Tonolla, M.,Barja, F. & Narduzzi-Wicht, B., 2017	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Russula recondita/	Russula recondita	a brittlegill				Fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/	Pinus sylvestris	Scots pine		live	root

Author & Year	Title	Source
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Melera, S., Ostellari, C., Roemer, N., Avis, P.G.,Tonolla, M.,Barja, F. & Narduzzi-Wicht, B., 2017	Analysis of morphological, ecological and molecular characters of Russula pectinatoides Peck and Russula praetervisa Sarnari, with a description of the new taxon Russula recondita Melera & Ostellari	Mycological Progress Vol 16 (2): 117-134.
Moss, M.O., 1978	An association of Russula pectinata and the Lime	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 12 (1): 61-63.
Nannfeldt, J.A., 1979	More associations between Russula pectinata and planted limes - and some reflections provoked by them.	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 13 (1): 33-34.

Russula recondita (a brittlegill) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Russula
(brittlegill toadstools, russulas)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi
(fungi that form ectomycorrhizae)

Russula recondita (a brittlegill) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Russula
(brittlegill toadstools, russulas)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi
(fungi that form ectomycorrhizae)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Russula recondita (a brittlegill)
Genus	Russula (brittlegill toadstools, russulas)
Family	RUSSULACEAE (milkcaps and russulas)
Order	RUSSULALES (an order of toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Russula recondita is also a member of:
Ectomycorrhizal fungi - fungi that form ectomycorrhizae (via Russulaceae)
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Russulales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Russula recondita (a brittlegill)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Melera, S., Ostellari, C., Roemer, N., Avis, P.G.,Tonolla, M.,Barja, F. & Narduzzi-Wicht, B.	2017	Analysis of morphological, ecological and molecular characters of Russula pectinatoides Peck and Russula praetervisa Sarnari, with a description of the new taxon Russula recondita Melera & Ostellari	Mycological Progress Vol 16 (2): 117-134.
	Melera, S., Ostellari, C., Roemer, N., Avis, P.G.,Tonolla, M.,Barja, F. & Narduzzi-Wicht, B.	2017	Analysis of morphological, ecological and molecular characters of Russula pectinatoides Peck and Russula praetervisa Sarnari, with a description of the new taxon Russula recondita Melera & Ostellari	Mycological Progress Vol 16 (2): 117-134.
	Moss, M.O.	1978	An association of Russula pectinata and the Lime	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 12 (1): 61-63.

Russula recondita (a brittlegill) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Russula
(brittlegill toadstools, russulas)

RUSSULACEAE
(milkcaps and russulas)

RUSSULALES
(an order of toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi
(fungi that form ectomycorrhizae)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Nannfeldt, J.A.	1979	More associations between Russula pectinata and planted limes - and some reflections provoked by them.	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 13 (1): 33-34.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Russula recondita (a brittlegill):

Russula
(brittlegill toadstools, russulas)

RUSSULACEAE
(milkcaps and russulas)

RUSSULALES
(an order of toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi
(fungi that form ectomycorrhizae)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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