Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of hymenomycetous fungi of the class Agaricini, differing from Agaricus by having the trama vesiculose and the lamellæ fragile, not filled with milk.

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  • noun A mushroom of the genus Russula.

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  • noun large genus of fungi with stout stems and white spores and neither annulus nor volva; brittle caps of red or purple or yellow or green or blue; differs from genus Lactarius in lacking milky juice

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Examples

  • The Pantelleria shrew is controversial, with various studies indicating that it is a subspecies of the Greater white-toothed shrew (C. russula).

    The first new European mammal in 100 years? You must be joking Darren Naish 2006

  • The Pantelleria shrew is controversial, with various studies indicating that it is a subspecies of the Greater white-toothed shrew (C. russula).

    Archive 2006-10-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • - Crocidura osorio is probably an introduced population of Crocidura russula (MSW 3).

    The first new European mammal in 100 years? You must be joking Darren Naish 2006

  • He saw the Squirrels eating and storing up the sweet red russula.

    Woodland Tales Ernest Thompson Seton 1903

  • The colour comes from a separate parasitical fungus, Hypomyces lactifluorum, that grows on the outside of mushrooms, typically the short-stemmed russula (Russula brevipes) and the peppery milk-cap (Lactarius piperatus) .

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Shaun Smith 2011

  • The colour comes from a separate parasitical fungus, Hypomyces lactifluorum, that grows on the outside of mushrooms, typically the short-stemmed russula (Russula brevipes) and the peppery milk-cap (Lactarius piperatus) .

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Shaun Smith 2011

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