The Flirt

Russula vesca

Also known as Bare-toothed Russula.

Irene Andersson (irenea) / CC BY-SA 3.0

About this fungus

The Flirt is listed in the Shroomify field guide as a gills fungus in the Russulaceae family. Most common in deciduous woodland, particularly with beech

A note on identification
This profile is a guide rather than a guarantee. If you are considering eating a wild mushroom, check the whole specimen and its possible lookalikes carefully. Do not eat it if you are unsure of the identification.

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What the records suggest about The Flirt

The project has analysed over a million matched fungal events alongside weather and habitat data. These findings describe patterns in the study, not conditions that every fruitbody must follow.

Tree associations

Of the tree types tested, The Flirt was most often recorded where beech was present.

Elevation

Records tended to come from higher ground, about 60 metres above the average elevation of fungal records in the study.

Weather or season?

The normal seasonal pattern is the more useful guide here. No short-term weather effect passed the project’s checks for a clear, repeatable link.