RUSSULACEAE Lotsy
(milkcaps and russulas)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Boidinia a genus of basidiomycete fungi	Genus	1 subtaxa		1 ident. refs
Gymnomyces xanthosporus a truffle	Species			1 ident. refs
Lactarius milkcap toadstools	Genus	50 subtaxa	771 images	38 ident. refs
Lactifluus a genus of milkcaps	Genus			6 ident. refs
Russula brittlegill toadstools, russulas	Genus	73 subtaxa	890 images	77 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

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)

RUSSULACEAE is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Russulales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Kränzlin F.	2005	Russulaceae	Fungi of Switzerland, Vol 6, 317pp, Mykologia, Lucerne

RUSSULACEAE (milkcaps and russulas) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for RUSSULACEAE (milkcaps and russulas)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 630 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for RUSSULACEAE (milkcaps and russulas)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

RUSSULACEAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)