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Russula albonigra
Scientific classification
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R. albonigra
Binomial name
Russula albonigra

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Russula albonigra
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex or infundibuliform
Hymenium is decurrent
Stipe is bare
Spore print is white
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is unknown

Template:FixBunching Russula albonigra is a member of the Russula genus, all of which are collectively known as brittlegills.

Taxonomy

First described by the mycologist Julius Vincenz von Krombholz in 1838, its specific epithet comes from Latin albus and niger, which mean white and black.

Description

The cap is convex to infundibuliform, whitish, sticky. The stipe is dusky, or white above, pale grey-ochreous towards the base. The gills are decurrent, crowded, thick, unequal, connected by veins, dusky whitish or yellowish.The flesh is white, turns black or sooty. The taste is somewhat bitter and unpleasant to mild.[1]

References

  1. ^ Synopsis of the British Basidiomycetes. p. 281.