Russula crassotunicata

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Russula crassotunicata
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Russulaceae
Genus: Russula
Species:
R. crassotunicata
Binomial name
Russula crassotunicata
Singer (1938) [1]

Russula crassotunicata, commonly known as the rubbery-capped russula, [2] is a North American fungus in the mushroom genus Russula . It was described by Rolf Singer in 1938 from a collection made in Washington state, United States. [1]

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The species is mostly white and often grows on rotted wood. [3] It has been confirmed as a host of the parasitic fungus Dendrocollybia racemosa . [4]

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Russula crassotunicata
Mycological characteristics
Gills icon.png Gills on hymenium
Convex cap icon.svgDepressed cap icon.svg Cap is convex or depressed
Adnate gills icon2.svg Hymenium is adnate
Bare stipe icon.svg Stipe is bare
Transparent spore print icon.svg
Spore print is white
Mycomorphbox Caution.pngMycomorphbox Question.pngEdibility is not recommended or unknown
  1. 1 2 Singer R. (1938). "Contribution à l'étude des Russules (1) - 3. Quelques Russules américaines et asiatiques". Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France (in French). 54: 132–177.
  2. Siegel, Noah; Schwarz, Christian (September 1, 2024). Mushrooms of Cascadia: A Comprehensive Guide to Fungi of the Pacific Northwest. Humboldt County, CA: Backcountry Press. p. 244. ISBN   9781941624197.
  3. Trudell, Steve (October 25, 2022) [January 1, 2009]. Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides (Revised ed.). Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 62. ISBN   978-0-88192-935-5.
  4. Machniki N, Wright LL, Allen A, Robertson CP, Meyer C, Birkebak JM, Ammirati JF (2006). "Russula crassotunicata identified as a host for Dendrocollybia racemosa" (PDF). Pacific Northwest Fungi. 1 (9): 1–7. doi: 10.2509/pnwf.2006.001.009 . Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg