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Russula fellea (Fr.) Fr.
Russula fellea (Fr.) Fr.
Russula fellea is a mushroom species found across northern temperate Eurasia, growing in acidic soils in deciduous and coniferous forests.
Russula sanguinea Fr.
Russula sanguinea Fr.
Russula sanguinea Fr. is a robust red-capped mushroom that forms mycorrhizae with softwoods across northern temperate zones.
Russula persanguinea Cleland
Russula persanguinea Cleland
Russula persanguinea is an Australian agaric fungus in Russulaceae, described 1933, that resembles Northern Hemisphere R. emetica.
Russula caerulea Fr.
Russula caerulea Fr.
Russula caerulea is a widespread mushroom found in northern temperate zones that associates with pine on sandy soil.
Russula lenkunya Grgur.
Russula lenkunya Grgur.
Russula lenkunya is a Russula mushroom found in South Australia, first scientifically described in 1997.
Russula xerampelina (Schaeff.) Fr.
Russula xerampelina (Schaeff.) Fr.
Russula xerampelina is an edible mushroom known for its distinctive boiled crab or shrimp odor and wide distribution.
Russula queletii Fr.
Russula queletii Fr.
Russula queletii Fr. is a mushroom species with a wine-red to purplish cap, white flesh, a fruity scent, and an acrid taste.
Russula sardonia Fr.
Russula sardonia Fr.
Russula sardonia Fr. is an inedible mushroom that grows with pines in sandy European coniferous woodland.
Russula rhodocephala Bazzic., D.Mill. & Buyck
Russula rhodocephala Bazzic., D.Mill. & Buyck
Russula rhodocephala is a mushroom with a red cap, pink stipe, and pale yellow to cream spore print.
Russula olivacea (Schaeff.) Fr.
Russula olivacea (Schaeff.) Fr.
Russula olivacea is a mushroom with varied edibility reports, that can cause gastrointestinal upset if toxic.
Russula nobilis Velen.
Russula nobilis Velen.
Russula nobilis Velen. is a beech-associated mushroom common across Europe, Asia, and North America, with a red rosy cap and peppery coconut-scented flesh.
Russula betularum Hora
Russula betularum Hora
Russula betularum is a small, pale-capped brittle mushroom that grows with birch in Europe from summer to early autumn.
Russula emetica (Schaeff.) Pers.
Russula emetica (Schaeff.) Pers.
Russula emetica, the sickener, is an inedible mycorrhizal mushroom with a distinctive bright red cap.
Russula fragilis Fr.
Russula fragilis Fr.
Russula fragilis Fr. is an inedible fragile mushroom widespread across northern temperate zones of Europe, Asia, and North America.
Russula roseopileata McNabb
Russula roseopileata McNabb
Russula roseopileata McNabb is an endemic mushroom from New Zealand that grows gregariously under Nothofagus.
Russula ochroleuca Fr.
Russula ochroleuca Fr.
Russula ochroleuca Fr. is a common forest fungus identifiable by its dull yellow cap and mild to moderately hot taste.
Russula paludosa Britzelm.
Russula paludosa Britzelm.
Russula paludosa Britzelm. is a mycorrhizal fungus found in pine-associated coniferous woodlands and peat bogs of Europe and North America.
Russula rosea Pers.
Russula rosea Pers.
Russula rosea, the rosy russula, is a common north temperate brittlegill mushroom found in coniferous forests and near beech.
Russula atropurpurea var. bresadolae (Schulzer) Singer, 1932
Russula atropurpurea var. bresadolae (Schulzer) Singer, 1932
Russula atropurpurea var. bresadolae is a mycorrhizal mushroom found in northern temperate zones, typically associated with oak on acidic soil.
Russula flavida Frost ex Peck
Russula flavida Frost ex Peck
Russula flavida is a yellow-capped mushroom found in North America and parts of Asia that is edible.
Russula aurea Pers.
Russula aurea Pers.
Russula aurea Pers. is a fungus found in Europe, growing under deciduous trees in summer and early autumn.
Russula brevipes Peck
Russula brevipes Peck
Russula brevipes Peck is a common ectomycorrhizal mushroom found in temperate forest ecosystems.
Russula delica Fr.
Russula delica Fr.
Russula delica Fr. is a widespread northern temperate mushroom, rare in North America, with distinct physical traits.
Russula amoenolens Romagn.
Russula amoenolens Romagn.
Inedible camembert-scented brittlegill mushroom that mainly grows in Europe, often found under oak trees.
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