Kingdom Fungi Class Agaricomycetes Family Russulaceae Rank Species | Division Basidiomycota Order Russulales Genus Russula | |
Similar Russula crustosa, Russula variata, Russula silvicola, Russula acetolens, Russula densifolia | ||
Russula flavida is a member of the large mushroom genus Russula, described in 1880 by American botanist and mycologist Charles Christopher Frost and found in North America and parts of Asia. It has a bright yellow to orange yellow cap and stipe and white gills.
A variant, R. flavida var. dhakurianus, was described in 2005 from Kumaon in the Indian Himalaya.
The species contains the pigment russulaflavidin and a related compound.
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