Russula raoultii
Russula raoultii from Commanster, Belgium.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
  2. ↑ Phillips, Roger (2010) [2005]. 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". Association française pour l'avancement des sciences (in French). 14 (2): 444–53.
  4. 1 2 3 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.


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