russula : Idioms & Phrases


genus russula

  • 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
    Russula.
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hygrophorus russula

  • noun an edible fungus with a reddish cap and close pale gills and dry stalk; found under hardwoods
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