Rosy Brittlegill
Russula rosea Pers.
A species in the family Russulaceae, order Russulales. Recorded under 2 common names across 2 languages.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Russulales
- Family
- Russulaceae
- Genus
- Russula
What it is called
- English
- Rosy Brittlegill
- Welsh
- Tegyll Brau Gwridog
Also known as
Older literature may use these names. They all refer to the same species.
- Agaricus linnaei Fr.
- Russula cypriani Gillet
- Russula incarnata Morgan
- Russula incarnata var. livida Bres.
- Russula lactea Fr.
- Russula lactea var. australis Cleland
- Russula lactea var. incarnata (Quél.) Cooke
- Russula lactea var. livida (Bres.) Cooke
- Russula lepida Fr.
- Russula lepida f. ochroleucoides
- Russula lepida var. alba Rea
- Russula lepida var. britannica Reumaux & Frund
- Russula lepida var. cypriani (Gillet) Reumaux & Frund
- Russula lepida var. giacomoi Reumaux & Frund
- Russula lepida var. lactea (Fr.) F.H.Møller & Jul.Schäff.
- Russula lepida var. linnaei (Fr.) Reumaux & Frund, 2011
- Russula lepida var. microspora J.Aug.Schmitt
- Russula lepida var. salmonea Zvára
- Russula lepida var. sapinea Zvára
- Russula lepida var. speciosa Zvára
- Russula linnaei (Fr.) Fr.
- Russula morganii Sacc.
- Russula sanguinea var. linnaei (Fr.) Quél.
- Russulina linnaei (Fr.) F.Kauffman
Others in Russula
Classification and names from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (CC-BY 4.0).
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