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Russula sanguinaria (Bloody Brittlegill)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Russula sanguinaria, commonly known as the bloody brittlegill, is a strikingly coloured mushroom, a member of the Russula genus, which has the common name of brittlegills. It is bright blood-red, inedible, and grows in association with coniferous trees. It was previously widely known as Russula sanguinea.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd 163340 Wales, United Kingdom
North Pennine Moors 254789 England, United Kingdom
Sefton Coast 11278 England, United Kingdom
The New Forest 72309 England, United Kingdom

Ecosystems

Providers

Mutual (symbiont) 
Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine)[1]

Consumers

Mutual (symbiont) 
Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine)[2]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Ecology of Commanster
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0