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Greasy Green Brittlegill

Greasy Green Brittlegill (Russula heterophylla), photo
Photo: Lazar Popović, CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist
Russula heterophylla · Family Russulaceae · Updated October 2026
260US records
19states
Augbusiest month
260 US records since 1903 (73 in the last 10 years)

Last seen Aug 17, 2020 (about 6 years ago) near New York, Kings County, NY, photographed by an iNaturalist user, with the ID agreed on by other iNaturalist users (research grade). Most US records come from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York, and the busiest months are Aug, Jul and Oct. (Data as of October 26, 2026; records can lag by weeks.)

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When it's recorded

Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May12Jun20Jul57Aug63Sep37Oct50Nov7Dec0

Records by month, all years. Busiest: Aug, Jul, Oct.

Where it's recorded

StateRecordsLatest sighting
New Jersey193Nov 3, 2019
Pennsylvania232019
New York7Aug 17, 2020
Minnesota6Jul 25, 1995
Alaska5Jul 27, 2016
Indiana4Jul 19, 2014
Tennessee4Aug 2, 1966
North Carolina3Sep 3, 1994
Vermont3–
West Virginia2Sep 5, 2003
Rhode Island2Aug 6, 1988
Florida1Aug 9, 1997

Top counties

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