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]
| Russula raoultii | |
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| Russula raoultii from Commanster, Belgium. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | Russulaceae |
| Genus: | Russula |
| Species: | R. raoultii
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| Binomial name | |
| Russula raoultii Quél. (1886)
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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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Russula raoultii Quél. 1886". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
- ^ Phillips, Roger (2010) [2005]. Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 141. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c 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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