Species Detail - Purple Brittlegill (Russula atropurpurea) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Fungal Records for Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Russula atropurpurea
Purple Brittlegill
NHMSYS0001443243
RecommendedWell-formed
Agaricus atropurpureus Krombh., Blackish-Purple Russula , Russula atropurpurea (Krombh.) Britzelm., Russula atropurpurea var. krombholzii , Russula atropurpurea var. krombholzii nom. illegit. Singer, Russula depallens sensu Cooke [Ill. Brit. Fung. 985 (1021) Vol. 7 (1888)] , Russula depallens var. atropurpurea (Krombh.) Melzer & Zvára, Russula krombholzii Shaffer, Russula rubra sensu Cooke [Ill. Brit. Fung. 996 (1025) Vol. 7 (1888)] , Russula undulata Velen.
N/A
ruatr
(Krombh.) Britzelm.
Fungus
Species
25
17
11
25/09/1925
30/10/2007
2 August (recorded in 2001)
1 November (recorded in 2002)
British Mycological Society, Fungal Records for Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Purple Brittlegill (Russula atropurpurea), accessed 16 June 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/77/Species/153901>