Definition of Hygrophorus russula

1. Noun. An edible fungus with a reddish cap and close pale gills and dry stalk; found under hardwoods.

Generic synonyms: Waxycap
Group relationships: Genus Hygrophorus, Hygrophorus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hygrophorus Russula

Hydrus
Hyemoschus
Hyemoschus aquaticus
Hygeian
Hygiea
Hygrocybe
Hygrocybe acutoconica
Hygrophoraceae
Hygrophorus
Hygrophorus borealis
Hygrophorus caeruleus
Hygrophorus inocybiformis
Hygrophorus kauffmanii
Hygrophorus marzuolus
Hygrophorus purpurascens
Hygrophorus russula (current term)
Hygrophorus sordidus
Hygrophorus tennesseensis
Hygrophorus turundus
Hygroton
Hygrotrama
Hygrotrama foetens
Hyl
Hyla arenicolor
Hyla crucifer
Hyla regilla
Hylactophryne
Hylactophryne augusti
Hylidae
Hyllus

Literary usage of Hygrophorus russula

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1890)
"Cortinarius, Hygrophorus, Russula, Lac- tarius, Coprinus, Cantharellus (chantrelle), Maras- mius are also important. Many of these are edible, others again ..."

2. Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club by Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club, Hereford, England, G. H. Jack (1869)
"... such as the genus Hygrophorus, Russula, or Lactarius, illustrating his remarks with coloured diagrams of a variety of spores magnified 20000 diameters. ..."

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