Russula raoultii
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| Russula raoultii | |
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| Russula raoultii from Commanster, Belgium. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | Russulaceae |
| Genus: | Russula |
| Species: | R. raoultii |
| Binomial name | |
| Russula raoultii Quél. (1886) | |
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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]
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]
