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Russulaceae
Sign in to saveThe Russulaceae are a diverse family of fungi in the order Russulales, with roughly 1,900 known species and a worldwide distribution. They comprise the brittlegills and the milk-caps, well-known mushroom-forming fungi that include some edible species. These gilled mushrooms are characterised by the brittle flesh of their fruitbodies.
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Russulaceae is a family of fungi within the order Russulales. It belongs to the class Agaricomycetes and the phylum Basidiomycota in the kingdom Fungi. The taxon was described by Lotsy in 1907 and has an accepted status. Its taxonomic type is Russula.
Records for this family are held by institutions including MEL, MIN, UT, and USF. Occurrence data from these sources indicate presence in Australia and the United States. The family has a total of 2,054,478 occurrence records, with 102 specific records and 50 media items documented in one dataset.
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Species
FAMILY
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderRussulales
- FamilyRussulaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 102
- With media
- 50
- Family
- Russulaceae
- Collections
- MEL, MIN, UT, USF
- Recorded in
- Australia, United States
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Placement of the family
- Internal systematics
- Species diversity
- Description
- Macroscopic characteristics
- Microscopic characteristics
- Genera distinction
- Distribution
- Ecology
- Ectomycorrhizal symbiosis
- Other types of mycorrhiza
- Wood decay species
- Hypogeous fruiting
- Parasites
- Threats and conservation
- Edibility
- Chemistry
- References
- External links
The Russulaceae are a diverse family of fungi in the order Russulales, with roughly 1,900 known species and a worldwide distribution. They comprise the brittlegills and the milk-caps, well-known mushroom-forming fungi that include some edible species. These gilled mushrooms are characterised by the brittle flesh of their fruitbodies.
In addition to these typical agaricoid forms, the family contains species with fruitbodies that are laterally striped (pleurotoid), closed (secotioid or gasteroid), or crust-like (corticioid). Molecular phylogenetics has demonstrated close affinities between species with very different fruitbody types and has discovered new, distinct lineages.
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