Biology:Russula raoultii

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Short description: Species of fungus

Russula raoultii
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Russula raoultii from Commanster, Belgium.
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Russulaceae
Genus: Russula
Species:
R. raoultii
Binomial name
Russula raoultii
Quél. (1886)
Synonyms[1]
  • Russula emetica f. raoultii (Quél.) Singer (1932)
  • Russula ochroleuca var. raoultii (Quél.) Quél. (1888)
  • Russula truncigena Britzelm. (1893)
  • Russula fragilis var. raoultii (Quél.) Jul.Schäff (1940)

Russula raoultii is an inedible species of agaric fungus in the family Russulaceae.[2] It was first described by French mycologist Lucien Quélet in 1886.[3]

The cap is 3 to 8 cm wide, white to yellow, and becoming more convex in age. The stalk is 3 to 8 cm long and 1 to 2 cm wide. The spores are white, subglobose, with reticular warts.[4] It has an acrid taste.[4]

Similar species include Russula crassotunicata, R. cremoricolor, and R. stuntzii.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Russula raoultii Quél. 1886". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICS.aspx?Table=Mycobank&Rec=122808&Fields=All. 
  2. Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 141. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2. 
  3. Quélet L. (1886). "Quelques especes critiques ou nouvelles de la Flore Mycologique de France" (in fr). Association française pour l'avancement des sciences 14 (2): 444–53. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 114-115. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/797915861. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q881986 entry