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The Russulales are an order of basidiomycotic fungi, which include the agaric genera Russula and Lactarius and their polyporoid and corticioid relatives. Russuloid agarics represent an independent evolutionary line of agarics, not directly related to the Agaricales.

Resources in This Category

• Aleurodiscus oakesii

  http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/apr2006.html
  Tom Volk writes of this fungus, commonly known as oak parchment, which grows and feeds on the dead bark of trees causing smooth patches, and its interesting features when viewed under the microscope.

• Amylosporus campbellii

  http://www.cortland.edu/nsf/lodg107.HTML
  This species photographed in the British Virgin Islands.

• Arcangeliella desjardinii

  http://www.mushroomexpert.com/arcangeliella_desjardinii.html
  Photographs and notes on this species.

• California Fungi: Lactarius

  http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/genera/Lactarius.html
  The principal characteristics of the genus Lactarius and links to other sites. Also a list of those species found in California with photographs of about 8 of them.

• California Fungi: Russula

  http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/genera/Russula.html
  The principal characteristics of the genus Russula and links to other sites. Also a list of those species found in California with photographs of about 10 of them.

• Ceramic Parchment

  http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=0590039
  Photograph of the fruiting bodies of Xylobolus frustulatus on the trunk of a tree.

• Creolophus cirrhatus

  http://www.pilzepilze.de/galerie/v/Lateinisch/C/creolophus/cirrhatus/
  Photographs of this bracket fungus growing on the trunks of trees.

• Hericium abietis

  http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Hericium_abietis.html
  Photograph and description of the bear's head.

• Hericium americanum

  http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/jan2003.html
  Illustrated article by Tom Volk on this edible tooth fungus and on other tooth fungi and their classification.

• Hericium americanum

  http://americanmushrooms.com/taxa/Hericium_americanum_01.htm
  Several photographs of this species.

• Hericium americanum

  http://www.nybg.org/bsci/res/hall/hericium.html
  Information and a fine photograph of this species on a downed log.

• Hericium coralloides

  http://americanmushrooms.com/taxa/Hericium_coralloides_01a.htm
  Several photographs of this species, the comb tooth fungus.

• Hericium erinaceus

  http://americanmushrooms.com/taxa/Hericium_erinaceus_01_Kathie_Hodge.htm
  Photograph of this species.

• Hericium erinaceus

  http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Hericium_erinaceus.html
  Photograph and description of the lion's mane.

• Lactarius atroviridis

  http://www.mushroomexpert.com/lactarius_atroviridis.html
  Photographs and notes on this distinctive green spotted species.

• Lactarius chelidonium

  http://www.mushroomexpert.com/lactarius_chelidonium_chelidonioides.html
  Photographs and notes on this species.

• Lactarius chrysorheus

  http://www.apsnet.org/publications/imageresources/Pages/smutrust_2.aspx
  Photograph of the gills of this species.

• Lactarius glaucescens

  http://www.grzyby.pl/gatunki/Lactarius_glaucescens.htm
  Several photographs of this species, with a description of the fruiting body and spores, and information on where and when to look for it. English and Polish.

• Lactarius helvus

  http://www.grzyby.pl/gatunki/Lactarius_helvus.htm
  Two photographs of this species, with a description of the fruiting body and spores, and information on where and when to look for it. Polish and English.

• Lactarius indigo

  http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/june2000.html
  Article by Tom Volk on this blue-capped fungus, and on other blue species.

• Lactarius indigo

  http://www.mushroomexpert.com/lactarius_indigo.html
  Photographs and notes on this blue species.

• Lactarius rubidus: Candy Caps

  http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/oct2005.html
  Photographs and article by Tom Volk on this species which has a fragrance of butterscotch or maple sugar when dried and make an appetizing desert.

• Lactarius subpurpureus

  http://www.mushroomexpert.com/lactarius_subpurpureus.html
  Photographs and notes on this species.

• Lactarius thyinos

  http://www.mushroomexpert.com/lactarius_thyinos.html
  Photographs and notes on this species.

• Russula alnijorulensis

  http://www.nybg.org/bsci/res/hall/alnijorl.html
  Photograph and information on this species.

• Russula betularum

  http://www.grzyby.pl/gatunki/Russula_betularum.htm
  Two photographs of this species, with a description of the fruiting body and spores, and information on where and when to look for it.English and Polish.

• Russula emetica

  http://www.dipbot.unict.it/sistematica/Russula.html
  Image

• Russula emetica

  http://www.grzyby.pl/gatunki/Russula_emetica.htm
  Several photographs of this species, with a description of the fruiting body and spores, and information on other similar species. English and Polish.

• Russula emetica

  http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/sep2004.html
  Article with photographs by Tom Volk on this acrid fungus and other species of Russula.

• Russula flavida

  http://www.mushroomexpert.com/russula_flavida.html
  Photographs and notes on this yellow species.

• Russula parvovirescens

  http://www.mushroomexpert.com/russula_parvovirescens.html
  Photographs and notes on this species.

• Russulales

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russulales
  Information from Wikipedia on this order of basidiomycete fungi.

• Stereum ostrea

  http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/nov2000.html
  Illustrated article by Tom Volk on the False Turkey Tail Fungus, with photographs also of S. sanguinolentum and S. complicatum.

 

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