Russula flavida | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Russulales |
Family: | Russulaceae |
Genus: | Russula |
Species: | R. flavida
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Binomial name | |
Russula flavida
Frost 1880
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Synonyms [1] | |
Russula mariae var. flavida (Frost) Singer 1940 |
Russula flavida is a member of the large mushroom genus Russula, described in 1880 by American botanist and mycologist Charles Christopher Frost [2] and found in North America and parts of Asia. [3] It has a bright yellow to orange yellow cap and stipe and white gills. [4]
The species is edible [5] and contains the pigment russulaflavidin and a related compound. [6]
A variant, R. flavida var. dhakurianus, was described in 2005 from Kumaon in the Indian Himalaya. [7]
Russula flavida in Index Fungorum Russula flavida in MycoBank.
Russula flavida | |
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Scientific classification
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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, described in 1880 by American botanist and mycologist Charles Christopher Frost [2] and found in North America and parts of Asia. [3] It has a bright yellow to orange yellow cap and stipe and white gills. [4]
The species is edible [5] and contains the pigment russulaflavidin and a related compound. [6]
A variant, R. flavida var. dhakurianus, was described in 2005 from Kumaon in the Indian Himalaya. [7]
Russula flavida in Index Fungorum Russula flavida in MycoBank.