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Milkcaps, Brittlegills and Allies
Russulaceae
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.
8 branches of this family, most-observed first
brittlegills
genusRussula
Common Milkcaps
genusLactarius
Lactifluus
genusLactifluus
Zelleromyces
genusZelleromyces
Multifurca
genusMultifurca
Boidinia
genusBoidinia
Gloeopeniophorella
genusGloeopeniophorella
Pseudoxenasma
genusPseudoxenasma
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48340.