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The lookalike Russula nigricans has a darker cap and more widely spaced gills than R. densifolia. Another similarly colored Russula is R. nigricans, which can be distinguished from R. densifolia by its darker cap and widely spaced gills. [15] Another lookalike, R. dissimulans, has a dry cap surface, and a mild taste. [7]
This is a list of Russula species. The genus Russula has a widespread distribution, ... Russula dissimulans Shaffer (1962) Russula diversicolor Pegler (1980)
Russula is a very large genus composed of around 750 worldwide species of ectomycorrhizal mushrooms. They are typically common, fairly large, and brightly colored ...
The family Russulaceae was first validly named in 1907 by Dutch botanist Johannes Paulus Lotsy, [4] who included three genera: Russula, Lactarius, and Russulina (now considered a synonym of Russula). He emphasised features such as the granular flesh , thick gills, spiny spores , and milky hyphae and rounded cells (sphaerocytes). [ 1 ]
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 adusta, commonly known as the blackening brittlegill or blackening russula, is a species of gilled mushroom. It is a member of the Russula subgenus Compactae . [ 1 ] The cap is brown to gray and somewhat shiny, with a mild taste and, reportedly, an odor of empty wine barrels. [ 1 ]
The edible wild mushroom Russula heterophylla, that has lately been given the common name of the greasy green brittlegill [1] is placed in the genus Russula, the members of which are mostly known as brittlegills. It is a variably colored mushroom, found in deciduous forests, and woods in Britain, Europe, and Scandinavia. [2]
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.