Species
Russula gracillima (Slender brittlegill)
Russula gracillima. Photo: (c) Federico Calledda, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The mushroom Russula gracillima, commonly known as the slender brittlegill, is a member of the genus Russula, whose members are commonly known as brittlegills. It is a small, pale, long stemmed brittlegill associated mainly with birch and is occasional in Europe, Asia, and North America.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
- Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
- Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Russulales
- Family: Russulaceae (Milkcaps, brittlegills and allies)
- Genus: Russula (Brittlegills)
- Subgenus: Russula
- Subsection: Sardoninae
- Species: Russula gracillima (Slender brittlegill)
- Subsection: Sardoninae
- Subgenus: Russula
- Genus: Russula (Brittlegills)
- Family: Russulaceae (Milkcaps, brittlegills and allies)
- Order: Russulales
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
- Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)