Russula aurea
| Russula aurea | |
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| File:Russula Aurea.JPG | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | Russulaceae |
| Genus: | Russula |
| Species: | R. aurea
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| Binomial name | |
| Russula aurea Pers. (1796)
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| Synonyms | |
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Russula esculenta Pers. (1796) | |
| Russula aurea | |
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| Mycological characteristics | |
| File:Gills icon.png | Gills on hymenium |
| File:Convex cap icon.svg File:Depressed cap icon.svg | Cap is convex or depressed |
| File:Free gills icon2.svg File:Adnexed gills icon2.svg | Hymenium is free or adnexed |
| File:Bare stipe icon.svg | Stipe is bare |
| Spore print is white to cream | |
| File:Mycorrhizal fungus.svg | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
| File:Mycomorphbox Edible.png | Edibility is edible |
Russula aurea, commonly known as the gilded brittlegill, is an uncommon species of mushroom found in deciduous woodland in Europe in summer and early autumn. Unlike many red-capped members of the genus, it is edible and mild-tasting.
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]It was known for many years as Russula aurata originally published in 1801 as Agaricus auratus by the English naturalist William Withering, and placed by the father of mycology Elias Magnus Fries into the genus Russula in 1838. However, the binomial name Russula aurea had been coined by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1796[1] and takes precedence. Both specific epithets are derived from the Latin aurum "gold", hence "golden".[2]
Description
[edit | edit source]The cap is 4–9 cm (1.5–3.5 in) wide and a blood- or orange-red in colour with ridged margins. Sticky when wet, it is initially convex, then later flat, or depressed; it is able to be peeled half-way. The widely spaced gills are ochre with yellow edges, and adnexed or free. The stipe is up to 3–8 cm (1–3 in) long and 1–2.5 cm (0.39–0.98 in) wide, cylindrical and white or cream to golden-yellow. The brittle flesh is yellow and the taste mild. The spore print is ochre, the warty spores are oval or round and measure 7.5–9 × 6–8 μm.[3]
Similar species
[edit | edit source]The overall yellow tone of Russula aurea distinguishes it from the peppery and inedible red-capped Russulas, such as the bloody brittlegill (R. sanguinaria), the sickener (R. emetica), and the beechwood sickener (R. nobilis).[4]
Distribution and habitat
[edit | edit source]Russula aurea is found in Europe and is uncommon in Britain. It has been recorded as far east as the Black Sea region of eastern Turkey.[5][6]
It occurs under deciduous trees in summer and early autumn, in particular beech, oak and hazel.[3][4]
Edibility
[edit | edit source]Unlike many other red-capped members of the genus, Russula aurea is mild-tasting and edible.[4]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Persoon, Observationes mycologicae, Seu descriptiones tam novorum, quam notabilium fungorum (1796) vol. I:101 .
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- Roger's Mushrooms description
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