Russula flavida

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Russula flavida
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Russulaceae
Genus: Russula
Species:
R. flavida
Binomial name
Russula flavida
Frost 1880
Synonyms [1]

Russula mariae var. flavida(Frost) Singer 1940

Russula flavida is a member of the large mushroom genus Russula .

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Taxonomy

It was described in 1880 by American botanist and mycologist Charles Christopher Frost. [2]

A variant, R. flavida var. dhakurianus, was described in 2005 from Kumaon in the Indian Himalaya. [3]

Description

Russula flavida has a bright yellow to orange yellow cap and stipe and white gills. [4] The cap is convex with a central depression and 2.5–8 centimetres (1–3+1⁄4 in) wide. [5] The stem is 3–7 cm (1+1⁄4–2+3⁄4 in) long and 1–2 cm (1⁄2–3⁄4 in) thick. [5] The spore print is yellowish-cream. [5]

Distribution and habitat

From June to September, it appears in North America, from eastern Texas to New Hampshire. [5] It is also found in parts of Asia. [6]

It usually surfaces on the ground under hardwood trees. [5]

Uses

The species is edible [7] and contains the pigment russulaflavidin and a related compound. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "MycoBank: Russula flavida" . Retrieved 2014-12-24.
  2. ↑ Peck (1879). "Report of the Botanist (1878)". Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History. 32: 17–72.
  3. ↑ Das K, Sharma JR (2005). Russulaceae of Kumaon Himalaya. p. 203.
  4. ↑ Bills GF, Miller OK Jr (1984). "Southern Appalachian Russulas. I". Mycologia. 76 (6): 975–1002. doi:10.2307/3793015. JSTOR   3793015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 199. ISBN   978-0-593-31998-7.
  6. ↑ "Russulales News: Russula flavida" . Retrieved 2014-12-24.
  7. ↑ Phillips, Roger (2010) [2005]. Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 144. ISBN   978-1-55407-651-2.
  8. ↑ Fröde R, Bröckelmann M, Steffan B, Steglich W, Marumoto R (1995). "A novel type of triterpenoid quinone methide pigment from the toadstool Russula flavida (Agaricales)". Tetrahedron. 51 (9): 2553–2560. doi:10.1016/0040-4020(95)00012-W.

Russula flavida in Index Fungorum Russula flavida in MycoBank .


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