russula

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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.

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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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) .

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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) .

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