Russula: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Russulales
- Family
- Russulaceae
- Genus
- Russula
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Russula
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Russula
Russula is a very large genus composed of around 750 worldwide species of fungi. The genus was described by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1796.
The mushrooms are fairly large, and brightly colored – making them one of the most recognizable genera among mycologists and mushroom collectors. Their distinguishing characteristics include usually brightly coloured caps, a white to dark yellow spore print, brittle, attached gills, an absence of latex, and absence of partial veil or volva tissue on the stem. Microscopically, the genus is characterised by the amyloid ornamented spores and flesh (trama) composed of spherocysts. Members of the related genus Lactarius have similar characteristics but emit a milky latex when their gills are broken.
The ectomycorrhizal mushrooms are typically common. Although some species are toxic, a number of others are edible.
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- חריפית
- Hebrew
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- Gołąbek
- Russian
- Сыроежка
- Slovak
- plávka
- Swedish
- kremlor
- Swedish
- naveltryfflar
- Ukrainian
- Сироїжка
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Parent Taxon
Child Taxa
- Archaea
- Brevipes
- Castanopsidum
- Compactae
- Crassotunicata
- Glutinosae
- Heterophyllidia
- Integrae
- Macowanites arenicola
- Magicae
- Malodora
- Pallidosporinae
- Russula
- Russula abietum
- Russula acerba
- Russula acetolens
- Russula aciculocystis
- Russula acriannulata
- Russula acris
- Russula acriuscula
- Russula adulterina
- Russula aeruginascens
- Russula agaricina
- Russula albella
- Russula albidula
- Russula albiduliformis
- Russula alcalinicola
- Russula alleinstanleyae
- Russula alnetorum
- Russula americana
- Russula amygdaloides
- Russula angustispora
- Russula anisata
- Russula annulata
- Russula annulatobadia
- Russula anomala
- Russula appalachiensis
- Russula arpalices
- Russula astringens
- Russula atroamethystina
- Russula aurantioflava
- Russula aurantiolutea
- Russula aureofulva
- Russula austrodelica
- Russula avellaneiceps
- Russula ballouii
- Russula basifurcata
- Russula batistae
- Russula beardslei
- Russula betulina
- Russula blackfordiae
- Russula blanda
- Russula boyacensis
- Russula brunneoalba
- Russula brunneovinacea
- Russula campinensis
- Russula capensis
- Russula cartaginis
- Russula castellanoi
- Russula cellulata
- Russula cicatricata
- Russula cinerascens
- Russula cinereopurpurea
- Russula cistoadelpha
- Russula clariana
- Russula claviceps
- Russula clelandii
- Russula cochisei
- Russula collubrina
- Russula compressa
- Russula congoana
- Russula consobrina
- Russula cristata
- Russula crucensis
- Russula cystidiosa
- Russula decora
- Russula densissima
- Russula depauperata
- Russula disparilis
- Russula dodgei
- Russula dryophila
- Russula ellenae
- Russula erythrocephala
- Russula extramaculata
- Russula fallax
- Russula flaviceps
- Russula flavida
- Russula flavispora
- Russula fragilis
- Russula fragiloides
- Russula fucosa
- Russula fuegiana
- Russula fulvescens
- Russula fulvograminea
- Russula furcata
- Russula gelatinivelata
- Russula graminea
- Russula griseascens
- Russula griseocarnosa
- Russula grundii
- Russula guzmanii
- Russula helios
- Russula helodes
- Russula hibbardae
- Russula hixsonii
- Russula humidicola
- Russula idahoensis
- Russula innocua
- Russula inopina
- Russula intermedia
- Russula iodiolens
- Russula japonica
- Russula jilinensis
- Russula kansaiensis
- Russula lentiginosa
- Russula lepidicolor
- Russula lymanensis
- Russula macropoda
- Russula maculosa
- Russula major
- Russula marshalliorum
- Russula medlockii
- Russula meleagris
- Russula melitodes
- Russula mendocinensis
- Russula mephitica
- Russula michiganensis
- Russula monspeliensis
- Russula mordax
- Russula multicystidiata
- Russula myrmecobroma
- Russula nigrescentipes
- Russula nigrodisca
- Russula novispora
- Russula ochroleucoides
- Russula ochrophylla
- Russula olida
- Russula olivaceoviolascens
- Russula orsonmilleri
- Russula paneeroides
- Russula parapallens
- Russula parasitica
- Russula patouillardii
- Russula paxilliformis
- Russula paxilloides
- Russula perlactea
- Russula pineti
- Russula placita
- Russula pleurogena
- Russula praerubra
- Russula prinophila
- Russula pseudo-olivascens
- Russula pseudointegra
- Russula pseudolepida
- Russula pubescens
- Russula pudorina
- Russula pulchralis
- Russula purpurina
- Russula pyriodora
- Russula quercophila
- Russula redolens
- Russula robinsoniae
- Russula romagnesiana
- Russula rosea
- Russula roseoviolacea
- Russula rubescens
- Russula rubroalba
- Russula sejuncta
- Russula sericatula
- Russula sericeonitens
- Russula siamensis
- Russula sierrensis
- Russula simulans
- Russula solitaria
- Russula sphagnicola
- Russula squalida
- Russula stenotricha
- Russula stevemilleri
- Russula straminea
- Russula stricklandiorum
- Russula stricta
- Russula stuntzii
- Russula subabietis
- Russula subalbidula
- Russula subazurea
- Russula subdensifolia
- Russula subdepallens
- Russula subemetica
- Russula subfloridana
- Russula subgraminicolor
- Russula sublaevis
- Russula subobscura
- Russula subochrophylla
- Russula subolivacea
- Russula subpunctata
- Russula subsericeonitens
- Russula subsordida
- Russula subsulphurea
- Russula subtenuiceps
- Russula subterfurcata
- Russula subvelutina
- Russula taeniospora
- Russula taetra
- Russula tenuiceps
- Russula tyrrhenica
- Russula uncialis
- Russula unicolor
- Russula variegata
- Russula variicolor
- Russula vinacea
- Russula vinosirosea
- Russula vinosopurpurea
- Russula violaceoincarnata
- Russula viridella
- Russula viridofusca
- Russula vivida
- Russula wielangtae
- Russula xantho
- Russula xanthospora
- Russula zelleri
- Russula zonatula
- Sphagnophilinae
- Tenellae
- Tricholomopsidum
Top Observation Places
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