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Russula is a very large genus composed of around 750 worldwide species of ectomycorrhizal mushrooms. They are typically common, fairly large, and brightly colored – making them one of the most recognizable genera among mycologists and mushroom collectors.
Several species of Lactarius, Lactifluus and Russula are valued as excellent edible mushrooms. This is the case for example for the north temperate species Lactarius deliciosus , Lactifluus volemus , or Russula vesca , and other species are popular in other parts of the world, e.g. Lactarius indigo in Mexico, or Lactifluus edulis in tropical ...
The mushroom Russula fellea goes by the common name of the geranium-scented russula, or bitter russula and is a member of the genus Russula, all of which are commonly known as brittlegills. It is straw or honey coloured and in Britain grows in beech woods during autumn. It is inedible.
Russula cremoricolor, also known as the winter russula, is a species of gilled mushroom. [1] This mushroom has red, cream-yellow, and pink color variants, which complicates attempts at field identification, [2] [3] although finding "red and creamy capped fruitbodies in close proximity is a good clue indicating this species". [4]
Russula rosea (synonym Russula lepida), known as the rosy russula, is a north temperate, commonly found mushroom of the large "brittlegill" genus Russula.. The cap is convex when young, later flat, mostly bright cinnabar to carmine red; often with yellow spots and up to 10 cm in diameter.
In countries like Russia it is used for traditional mushroom pickles after being soaked in water for several days to remove the strong taste, as also all other Russula species. [1] Such preservation method allows to use many otherwise inedible russulas and milk-caps for well digestible and savoury pickles, which are considered delicacy in ...
Russula integra, commonly known as the entire russula, is a species of mushroom. The fungus stems from the huge genus of Russula . It is found in conifer forests across Europe and throughout North America.
Russula firmula is a species of mushroom found in Europe and parts of Asia that has dark red-purple to red-brown cap. It is one of about 750 species in the genus Russula, which is distributed worldwide. Together with R. rubra, R. rutila and R. veternos, it was placed in the Rubrinae clade in 2017. [1]