Russula (Russula) Pers. 1976
Creators: name: Zhou, Hao
name: Shen, Xiao-Ye
name: Hou, Cheng-Lin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Fungi
Basidiomycota
Agaricomycetes
Russulales
Russulaceae
Russula

description: Key to Russula subgenus Russula from China
1. Pileipellis with primordial hypha, the surface of pileus is mainly purple tone ................................................ R. purpureoverrucosa
1. Pileipellis without primordial hypha ..................................................................................................................................................2
2. Spore print cream, ochre yellow to yellow.........................................................................................................................................3
2. Spore print white to cream .................................................................................................................................................................4
3. Basidiomata medium-sized .......................................................................................................................................... R. rubiginosus
3. Basidiocarps small to medium-sized ................................................................................................................... R. heilongjiangensis
4. Stipe with brownish tone ............................................................................................................................................... R. subversatili
4. Stipe with red, rose red, purple tone...................................................................................................................................................5
4. Stipe with yellow tone ........................................................................................................................................................................7
4. Stipe white ........................................................................................................................................................................................14
5. Lamellulae not observed..................................................................................................................................................... R. begonia
5. Lamellulae present......................................................................................................................................................... R. rhodochroa
5. Lamellulae rare...................................................................................................................................................................................6
6. Lamellae adnate, white....................................................................................................................................................... R. photinia
6. Lamellae adnate to adnexed, white to cream............................................................................................................................. R. rufa
7. Pileus with red tone ...................................................................................................................................................... R. sinorobusta
7. Pileus with brown tone .......................................................................................................................................................................8
7. Pileus with pink tone ..........................................................................................................................................................................9
8. Context slowly and partly turning ocherous color after bruising............................................................................... R. khinganensis
8. Context unchanging after bruising ....................................................................................................................... R. vinosobrunneola
9. Central dark red to deep red pileus...................................................................................................................................................10
9. Central light yellow to yellowish-brown pileus ......................................................................................................... R. yanshanensis
10. Lamellae hardly forked.................................................................................................................................................... R. sinoparva
10. Lamellae usually forked ....................................................................................................................................... R. pseudosinoparva
11. Very little red tone on the pileus.......................................................................................................................................................12
11. Pileus with red tone ..........................................................................................................................................................................14
11. Pileus with pink tone ........................................................................................................................................................................19
11. Pileus with yellow tone ................................................................................................................................................. R. miyunensis
11. Pileus white ........................................................................................................................................................................... R. nivalis
12. Stipe spongy to hollow ............................................................................................................................................... R. zhejiangensis
12. Stipe hollow......................................................................................................................................................................................13
13. Lamellulae present............................................................................................................................................................. R. jilinensis
13. Lamellulae absent........................................................................................................................................................ R. sichuanensis
14. Flesh of the pileus organisms turns slightly yellow after injury.............................................................................................. R. chiui
14. Flesh of the pileus organisms no color change after injury..............................................................................................................15
15. Slightly pungent to moderately pungent flavor ................................................................................................................................16
15. Soft flavor.........................................................................................................................................................................................17
16. Lamellulae absent.............................................................................................................................................................. R. quercina
16. Lamellulae present................................................................................................................................................. R. brunneovinacea
17. Stipe hollow......................................................................................................................................................................................18
17. Stipe firm ................................................................................................................................................................................ R. plana
17. Stipe spongy ......................................................................................................................................................................... R. fanjing
18. Yellowish red to reddish brown pileus center......................................................................................................... R. leucomarginata
18. Reddish white to ruby red in the pileus center .................................................................................................................... R. roseola
18. Reddish brown to dark brown pileus center........................................................................................................... R. subsanguinaria
19. Lamellae intervenose................................................................................................................................................... R. coronaspora
19. Lamellae adnate...................................................................................................................................................................... R. minor
description: Published as part of Zhou, Hao, Shen, Xiao-Ye & Hou, Cheng-Lin, 2023, A new species of Russula subgenus Russula (Russulaceae, Russulales) from Yanshan Mountains, North China, pp. 195-208 in Phytotaxa 609 (3) on page 205, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.609.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8281343