Russula

Subtaxon		Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Russula aeruginea Green Brittlegill		Species		35 images	1 ident. refs
Russula albonigra Menthol Brittlegill		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula alnetorum a brittlegill		Species		24 images	2 ident. refs
Russula amoenolens agg. a group of greyish brown russulas		Species aggregate	2 subtaxa	33 images
Russula anthracina Coal Brittlegill		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula arpalices a brittle-gill toadstool		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula atropurpurea Purple Brittlegill, Blackish-purple Russula		Species		54 images
Russula aurea Gilded Brittlegill		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula barlae		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula betularum Birch Brittlegill		Species		21 images
Russula brunneoviolacea a brittlegill		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula caerulea Humpback Brittlegill		Species		28 images
Russula camarophylla		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula carminipes a brittlegill		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula cessans Tardy Brittlegill		Species			2 ident. refs
Russula chloroides Blue Band Brittlegill		Species		21 images
Russula claroflava Yellow Swamp Brittlegill, Yellow Swamp Russula		Species		65 images
Russula cuprea a brittlegill		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula cyanoxantha Charcoal Burner		Species	1 subtaxa	48 images	2 ident. refs
Russula decolorans Copper Brittlegill		Species		3 images	1 ident. refs
Russula densifolia Crowded Brittlegill		Species		56 images	1 ident. refs
Russula emetica Sickener		Species		37 images
Russula farinipes a brittlegill		Species		3 images
Russula faustiana a russula		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula fellea Geranium Brittlegill, Geranium-scented Russula		Species		35 images	1 ident. refs
Russula foetens agg. foetid brittlegills		Species aggregate	3 subtaxa	68 images	1 ident. refs
Russula fragilis Fragile Brittlegill, Fragile Russula		Species	1 subtaxa	64 images	1 ident. refs
Russula heterophylla Greasy Green Brittlegill		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula insignis a brittlegill		Species		4 images	1 ident. refs
Russula laccata Willow Brittlegill		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula luteotacta a brittlegill		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula melliolens a brittlegill		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula melzeri Scurfy Brittlegill		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula nauseosa Nauseous Brittlegill		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula nigricans Blackening Brittlegill, Blackening Russula		Species		48 images	1 ident. refs
Russula nitida Purple Swamp Brittlegill		Species		9 images
Russula nobilis Beechwood Sickener		Species			2 ident. refs
Russula ochroleuca Ochre Brittlegill, Common Yellow Russula		Species		22 images
Russula pallescens Mountain Brittlegill		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula parazurea Powdery Brittlegill		Species		9 images	1 ident. refs
Russula pectinata a brittlegill		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula plumbeobrunnea a brittlegill		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula poichilochroa non sensu Russula metachroa Hongo, 1955 a brittlegill		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula praetervisa a brittlegill		Species			2 ident. refs
Russula pseudoaffinis a brittlegill		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula pseudointegra Scarlet Brittlegill		Species		33 images
Russula puellaris Yellowing Brittlegill		Species		4 images
Russula queletii Fruity Brittlegill		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula recondita a brittlegill		Species			2 ident. refs
Russula renidens a brittlegill		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula rivulicola a brittlegill		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula sanguinaria Bloody Brittlegill		Species		6 images
Russula sardonia Primrose Brittlegill		Species		43 images	2 ident. refs
Russula scotica Scottish Brittlegill		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula seperina a brittlegill		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula solaris Sunny Brittlegill		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula subterfurcata		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula torulosa a brittlegill		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula turci Pirate Brittlegill		Species		30 images
Russula versatilis a brittlegill		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula vesca The Flirt, Bare-toothed Russula, Bared Teeth Brittlegill		Species		34 images
Russula vinosa Darkening Brittlegill		Species		25 images
Russula vinosobrunnea Naked Brittlegill		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula virescens Greencracked Brittlegill		Species		11 images	1 ident. refs
Russula viscida Viscid Brittlegill		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula xenochlora Misfit Brittlegill		Species			1 ident. refs
Russula xerampelina Crab Brittlegill		Species		3 images
Russula xerampelina agg. crab brittlegills		Species aggregate	1 subtaxa	8 images	2 ident. refs
	Russula graveolens a russula	Species	1 subtaxa		1 ident. refs
Russula zvarae a brittlegill		Species			2 ident. refs
Russula (unidentified) Unidentified Brittlegill Toadstools, Russulas		Unidentified		6 images

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Cullington, P.	2004	Those Green Russulas!	Field Mycology Vol 5 (1): 24-27.
	Galli, R.	1996	Le Russule	480pp, Edinatura
	Kibby, G.	2010	The genus Russula in Great Britain, with synoptic keys to the species (2010 edition)	Privately published, September 2010 edition, 123pp, Blurb
	Kibby, G.	2008	* The Genus Russula in Great Britain with Synoptic Keys to Species (ed 4) *(Superseded)	Privately published, 4th edition edition, 109pp
	Kibby, G.	2008	* The Genus Russula in Great Britain with Synoptic Keys to Species (ed 5) *(Superseded)	5th edition edition, Blurb
	Kibby, G.	2003	Key to British species of Russula in the R. xerampelina group	Field Mycology Vol 4 (3): 93-100.
	Kibby, G.	2001	* Synoptic Keys to the British species of the Genus Russula (excluding subgenus Compactae) *(Superseded)	Privately published, 1.1 Sept 20, 2001 edition, 25pp
()	Kibby, G.	2001	Key to blackening species of Russula of section Compactae	Field Mycology Vol 2 (3): 95-97, rear cover.
()	Marchand, A.	1971	Champignons du Nord et du Midi (9 volumes)	over 2,000 in totalpp, Société Mycologique des Pyrénées Méditerranéenes
	Moreau, P.-A.	2006	Comments on B & K 6 illustrations of Lactarius and Russula	Documents Mycologiques, Nouvelle série Vol 34: 144-148.
()	Rayner, R.W.	1985	* Keys to the British Species of Russula *(Superseded)	3 edition, 99pp, British Mycological Society
	Reumaux, P.	1999	Russules rares ou méconnue	Fungi Non Delineati Pars VIII.
	Romagnesi, H.	1967	* Les Russules d’Europe et d’Afrique du Nord *(Superseded)
	Sarneri, M.	1998	Monografia Illustrata del genere Russula in Europa	Tomo Primo & Secondo, Vol 1: 1998, Vol 2: 2005 edition, 1568pp, A.M.B. Fondazione Centro Studi Micologici
	Tortelli, Mario	2004	Use of Guaiac in the Identification of Russula	Field Mycology Vol (3): 92-98.
Subsection Foetentinae
	Bazzicalupo , A.	2011	A key to Russula subsections Foetentinae and Pectinatae	sites.google.com/site/scottishfungi/identification/id-keys/russula-pectinatae-and-foetentinae
Subsection Pectinatae
	Bazzicalupo , A.	2011	A key to Russula subsections Foetentinae and Pectinatae	sites.google.com/site/scottishfungi/identification/id-keys/russula-pectinatae-and-foetentinae

Russula (brittlegill toadstools, russulas) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

RUSSULACEAE
(milkcaps and russulas)

RUSSULALES
(an order of toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi
(fungi that form ectomycorrhizae)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Russula (brittlegill toadstools, russulas)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 376 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Russula (brittlegill toadstools, russulas)

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Russula Pers.
(brittlegill toadstools, russulas)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Russula is also a member of:

Identification Works

Subsection Foetentinae

Subsection Pectinatae

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Genus	Russula (brittlegill toadstools, russulas)
Family	RUSSULACEAE (milkcaps and russulas)
Order	RUSSULALES (an order of toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)