Bare-Toothed Russula
Russula vesca · Family Russulaceae · Updated October 2026
54US records
21states
Sepbusiest month
54 US records since 1902 (21 in the last 10 years)
Last seen Aug 3, 2025 (about 15 months ago) near Jackson, Butts County, GA, photographed by an iNaturalist user, with the ID agreed on by other iNaturalist users (research grade). Most US records come from North Carolina, New York and West Virginia, and the busiest months are Sep, Jul and Aug. (Data as of October 26, 2026; records can lag by weeks.)
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When it's recorded
Records by month, all years. Busiest: Sep, Jul, Aug.
Where it's recorded
Top counties
- Putnam County, FL (3) · latest Nov 16, 2018
- Swain County, NC (3) · latest Aug 26, 2021
- Yancey County, NC (3) · latest Sep 23, 2023
- Hancock County, ME (3) · latest Jul 12, 2023
- Pickens County, SC (2) · latest Jun 14, 2025
- Suffolk County, NY (2) · latest Aug 26, 1904
- Morris County, NJ (2) · latest Aug 14, 1988
- Marin County, CA (2) · latest Sep 22, 2023
- Tucker County, WV (2) · latest Aug 12, 2023
- Sevier County, TN (2) · latest Sep 3, 2013
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