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list of Russula & Lactarius species names
[ This list contains a description of these mushrooms: (color of spores and fruiting  body: edibility whether edible, inedible(not edible or poisonous) and poisonous and when and where found if I can find information on it] --Agaric (talk) 22:10, 19 May 2008 (UTC) Kingdom: Fungi Division: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Order: Russulales Family: Russulaceae genus Lactarius & Russula

list of Russula species (371 names)
Kingdom: Fungi Division: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Order: Russulales Family: Russulaceae Genus Russula species Russula abietina		cap color greenish or brownish Russula acetolens Russula acrifolia	edible Russula adulterina Fr Russula adusta	edible	North America, flesh stains rosy (not black) then slowly brown, spores white Russula aeruginea                           Cosmopolitan	edible	under birch and willow  spore color pale yellow orange to creamy Russula alachuana (also called R.mariea)	edible	the purple caped variety of R.mariea Russula albella Russula albida 	edible	found in N. A. associated with deciduous trees, Russula albidula	acrid taste Russula albofloccosa Russula albonigra (=R.sordida)	mild-acrid	said to be edible if thoroughly cooked but there are poisonous relatives, Russula albonigra f. pseudonigricans Russula alnetorum Romagn Russula alpina Moell.& J.Schff Russula alutacea	edible	Cosmopolitan, taste mild, spore print color ochre yellow, under spruce. Russula amarissima Russula americana	inedible	 found in North America, associated with conifers (larch & spruce), Russula amethystina	edible Russula amoena (=Russula mariea)	edible	mild taste Russula amoena var.citrina	edible	Found in North Northern America, cap is yellow, stem white, Russula amoena var.violeipes	edible	cap is either yellow or green, stem is violaceous. Russula amoenicolor	edible Russula amoenicolor f. nigrosanguinea Russula amoenolens (=R.sororia)		similar to R.cerolens but has partially reticulate spores Russula amygdaloides (kauf)	edible	found in N. A. Russula anatina	edible Russula anomala	acrid Russula anthracina	edible Russula aosma Russula aquosa (leclair)	inedible	cosmopolitan, Russula artesiana Russula atrata		lookalike of R.albonigra Russula atroglauca Russula atropurpurea	inedible	 found under conifers and oak trees. Spores snow white Russula atropurpurea var.depallens	inedible	 found under conifers and oak trees. Spores snow white Russula atropurpurea var.dissidens	inedible	 found under conifers and oak trees. Russula atrorubens	inedible Russula atroviolacea Russula aurantiaca	edible Russula aurantiolutea (Kauf)	inedible	North America, in fall Russula aurata           edible good	edible	mild taste, spores light yellow Russula aurea Russula aurea var.axantha Russula aurora	edible	rosy white floccules stem, Russula azurea (Bresadola)	edible	 some shade of violet or violet blue, brown, or gray. Russula badia	inedible	 spores light ochre, under conifers in the mountains, spores white-rosy Russula ballouii Russula barlae	edible Russula basifurcata Russula bernardii Russula betularum Russula betulina (Burl)	edible	North America, in fall Russula bicolor Burlingham	edible Russula borealis (=Russula laeta?)(Kauf)	edible	N.A. spruce and larch, July-Aug, mild-sharp, cap skin reacting to sulphovanillin & sulphobenzaldehyde Russula brevipes	edible	found in North America, in all kinds of woods, edible but not recommended, Russula brevipes var.acrior (schaeff)	inedible	differs in greenish tinged gills and apex of stem, spores white-cream(A-C) Russula brunneola Found in N.A.	edible	spores are whitish (A-B), stalk stains salmon or deep salmon in ferrous sulphate, Russula brunneo-violacea Craw. edible.eastern North America, spores pale orange yellow (C-E), taste mild Russula burlinghamiea burlinghamiea f. Claricolor Russula caerulea	inedible	bitter, acrid and tough, found under pine, spores faded yellow, Russula camarophylla Russula cascadensis	inedible	under conifers in pacific North West, acrid taste, Russula carminea Kuehn. & Romagn Russula carminipes Russula carpini Russula cartaginis Russula cavipes Russula cerolens		with reticulate spores Russula cessans pearson=(laricina Vel)	edible Russula chamaeleontina, .edible	Cosmopolitan, odourless then the Oder of roses Russula chamaeoleontina.edible	Cosmopolitan, odourless then the Oder of roses Russula chamaeleontina var.ocheracea	edible	always odourless, grows under conifers Russula chamaeleontina var.vitellina	edible	Oder of vinegar Russula chamitae Russula chloroides	edible Russula chloroides var.acrior Russula ciliata Russula citrina (a variety of Russula amoena?)		Found in North America Russula citrinochlora Sing Russula clariana. Heim Russula claroflava (= Russula flava).edible.Cosmopolitan, under aspen, birch,& conifers, taste mild, Russula clavipes Russula cochisei Russula coerulea	edible Russula compacta	edible	north eastern North America, stains ochre-brown, spores white(A-B), Oder strong Russula consobrina Russula consobrina var.pectinatoides	inedible	cosmopolitan Russula corallina Russula crassotunicata.inedible. grows under northern North American conifers. Bitter or acrid taste Russula cremeirubra Russula cremoricolor	acrid	found in the pacific north west under conifers in North America. Russula crenulata Russula cristata Russula crustosa (PK)	edible	found in N. A. Russula cuprea Russula curtipes	edible	North America, spores deep ocher (F-G), Russula cutefracta	edible Russula cyanoxantha taste mild, cosmopolitan	edible	under hardwoods in Europe & North America,  stalk not staining in ferrous sulphate Russula cyanoxantha f. Cutefracta Russula cyanoxantha f. Peltereaui Russula cyanoxantha var.variata	edible	common in northern & eastern North America, often has an acrid taste Russula decipiens Russula decolorans	edible	cosmopolitan, mild taste, under pine in North America, spores ocherous white Russula delica	edible	found in Europe, rare in North America, Russula densifolia	inedible	 North America, slightly acrid. Every part turns reddish then blackish, spores white Russula densifolia var.densissima Heim	inedible	milky white cap, with ochre shades some times, Russula depallens	poisonous	found in North America, in mixed woods Russula discopus Russula disparilis Russula dissimulans	mild Russula dryadicola Russula earlei Russula eccentrica Russula elaeodes	edible Russula elatior		possibly edible, cosmopolitan Russula elegans .taste mild.edible.New Jersey North America, under Oak in grass, spore color clear yellow (F-G) Russula emetica,inedible	spores white, stalk white (stalk of R.sanguinea is rosy-red) acrid, cosmopolitan Russula emetica ssp(subspecies) aquosaK	edible	cosmopolitan Russula emetica var.alpestris	inedible	conifers & deciduous, cap pink-cherry red, stalk white pure, cap peels esialy Russula emetica var.betularum	inedible Russula emetica var.fragillis	inedible Russula emetica var.silvestris	inedible	flesh les brittle, rosy just under cuticle, acrid, under birch and conifers Russula emeticella (forms fageitcola & pinetorus) Russula etumpens	inedible Russula erythropus Russula exalbicans Russula faginea	edible Russula farinipes		acrid and bitter, spores Russula fastigiata Russula faustiana Russula favrei (=Russula xerempelina?)	edible	cap greenish-olivaceous, stalk white then brown Russula fellea	inedible	spores white -cream, acrid-bitter Russula firmula	inedible	very acrid taste, spores egg-yolk yellow, Russula flava (=R.claroflava)	edible	found in North America under aspen, birch and various conifers Russula flavida Russula flavisiccans Russula flavispora Russula foetens	inedible	spores non reticulate, found in Europe Russula font-queri	edible Russula fotens var.granulata. (PK). inedible	N. A. Russula foetentula=R.subfoetens	inedible	the North American counterpart of R.foetens Russula fragantissima.spores orange yellow(C-D)	inedible	found in North America, under hard woods and conifers, spores lack wings Russula fragilis       Cosmopolitan	inedible	North America,  under conifers and other trees, acrid taste, spores white(A-B) Russula fragiloides Russula fusca (=fuscointegra=fuscomaculata). edible	see R. Integra Russula fusconigra	edible	switzerlnd Russula galochroa	edible Russula gigasperma Russula gilva Russula glauca (Burl) Russula globispora Russula glutinosa Russula gossypina Russula gracilis (=gracillima). acrid taste	found under birch and may be Douglas fir, in North America Russula gracillima (=gracilis)	acrid taste	found under birch (and maybe Douglas fir), in North America, medium ocher spores Russula granulata	inedible	spores pale orange yellow (D-E) Russula grata     (Britz.) Russula graveolens	edible	when FeSO4 is applied it turns dark green, spores pale ocher (D-E) Russula grisea	edible	Cosmopolitan, under Oak, black polar & other deciduous trees, mild taste Russula grisea var.ionochlora		slightly acrid Russula griseascens Russula grisecens Russula heinemannii Russula helodes Russula herrerea Russula heterophylla	edible	cap bright, yellow or olive green, cosmopolitan Russula heyerophylla var.glochroa	edible	cap gray greenish with whitish center Russula heterophylla var.livida	edible	cap gray green Russula heterophylla var.virginea	edible	cap white then hazel often with more deeply color in center Russula humidicola Russula illota	inedible	cap covered with a violaceous veil as long as it remains moist, Russula inamoena Russula insignis Russula incornata Russula integra=R.polychroma=R.fusca	edible	found in N. A. under conifers, spores yellow-deep ocher (G), taste mild, cosmopolitan Russula ionochlora	edible Russula juniperina Russula kromboltzii=atropurperea	edible Russula knauthii Russula laccata Russula lacteus Russula laeta (=R.borealis?)(creoavellanea?)	edible Russula laricina (=R.cessans),	edible Russula lateralipes Russula laurocerasi	inedible	Cosmopolitan, in damp spots under black poplar, spores have enormous wings, Russula leniginosa Russula lenkunya Russula lepida	edible	creamy white spores, found under Oak, Beech, and conifers Russula lepida var.amarissima	inedible	very bitter taste, Russula lepida var.lactea	edible 	parboiling necessary. For this group (R.lepida) Russula leprosa Russula lilacea (Quelet)	edible	stem has reddish flocci, spores yellowish, Russula lilacipes Russula linnaei	inedible	stem reddish Russula livescens	edible Russula lundelii Russula lutea	edible	mild taste, spores yellow to slightly ocherous, Russula lutensis 	edible Russula lutensis var.reducta	edible Russula luteotacta Russula maculata	unknown	 Found in Europe, mild to peppery taste, Russula maculosa		Found in south eastern North America, Russula magnifica=R.polyphylla (PK)	inedible	spores white (A-B) Russula mairei Russula marirei var.fageticola Melz Russula mariae=R.amoena	edible	Found in North America, mild tasting, (R.aluchuana is a purple caped var.) Russula medullata	edible Russula melitodes Russula melliolens	edible Russula melzeri Russula messapica Russula mexicana (Burl) Russula minutula	edible Russula modesta Russula montana Russula mordax Russula murrillii (Burl) Russula mustelina	edible	under conifers Russula mutabilis	inedible	hole fungus turns blood red when dried in age, spores cream(A-C) Russula nana Russula nauseosa=R.venosa var.nauseosa	edible	cosmopolitan Russula nauseosa var.laricina	edible	mild taste, found under larch Russula nigricans.found in northern North America	inedible	flavour mild but gills are slightly acrid, flesh stains red then blackish, spores white Russula nigricans var.adusta (Barbier) Russula nitida=venosa		possibly edible Russula nobilis Russula norvegica Russula obscura=R.vinosa	edible	North America, mild to hot taste, flesh stains pinkish or greyish then black. Russula obtecta. (sing)	inedible occidentalis (Sing) spores cream (B)	edible	stalk &flesh white stain reddish then gray (or directly gray) when bruised. ochricompacta Russula ochroleuca	inedible	acrid taste, flesh may gray quickly but said to be white, spores whitish ochroleuca var.citrina	inedible	cap yellow, flesh immediately under cuticle is yellow, ochroleucoides oderata	unknown	western North America, spores deep ocher (G-H), olivacea	edible	cosmopolitan, in old- growth Douglas fir and hemlock. Europe & North A. olivacens	edible olivaceoviolascens	unknown	north western North America, taste hot, Spores cream (B-C) ornaticeps Russula pallidospora=pseudodelica	edible paludosa(=integra Fr)? edible	Cosmopolitan, occurring in mixed woods, earliest russula in the north parazurea        (white spores)	edible	Cosmopolitan, associated with poplar or other deciduous trees, parvovirescens pasca patouillardii peckii	edible	found in N. A. associated with spruce in mixed woods,  bogs pectinata	edible	Found in Europe, spores deep cream, said to be inedible, not very acrid, pectinatoides                    cosmopolitan	inedible	found in North America, not very or only slightly acrid, not recommended for food pelargonia (serotina Quel)		acrid taste, spores are creamy colored, perlactea persanguinea persicina placita	edible	Found in North America, under conifer trees, taste mild. polychroma=R.integra(see R.fusca)	edible	Found in North America, taste mild, not staining, under conifers polycystis	inedible	spores cream (B-C), North America, uncommon polyphylla=R.magnifica (PK)	inedible	taste strong, spores white (A-B) postiana pseudoaffinis pseudocarmesina pseudodelica	edible	similar to R.delica, but with rosy or yellowish gills, pseudointegra	edible pseudolepida pseudorosea	edible puellaris	edible	pale creamy yellow color spores, flavour mild puellula puiggarii pulchella pulchra pumila Rouzeau & Massart punctata (Krombholtz)	edible	under conifers, cap violaceous purpurata purpureoflava purpurina (Schulz)	edible	found in N. A. pursicina pursicina var.intactior pusilla pulverulenta Russula queletii	inedible	acrid, found under pine in the plains, spores are cream colored quercilicis quercophila Russula raoultii	inedible	cosmopolitan,(R. ochroleuca var.raoultii) (R.fragilis var.raoultii) redolens renidens rhodopoda rhodopus risigallina romagnesiana		Found in eastern North America, rare, romellii=(alutacea)? edible rosacea	edible rosea	edible roseicolor roseipes	edible	cosmopolitan roseoaurantia ruberrima rubescens rubra rubroalba	edible rubrocarminea Romagn rubrotincta		possibly edible, cosmopolitan rugulsa rutila Russula sanguinea      cosmopolitan	inedible	found in eastern North America under conifers and hardwoods, sanguinea var.exalbicans	inedible	cap violet red or rosy then rapidly to cinereous-whitish, flesh cinereous sanguinea var.pseudorosacea	inedible	gills and flesh become yellow when bruised, spores pale ocherous sardonia	inedible	acrid, spores pallid ocherous. Under pine in the plains seperina sericatula	edible sericeonitens	edible	found in N. A. silvicola	inedible	found in N. A. simillima simulans smaragdina (innocua Sing.?)	edible	a dwarf form of aeruginea also edible solaris	inedible sordida=R.albonigra	inedible	Found in North America sororia	inedible	Found in North America, mild (acrid taste some times) sphagnophila (Kauff)	edible	cosmopolitan spqualida (Pk)	edible	cosmopolitan staminea subalbidula	acrid taste	see R. anomala (a similar species) subazurea subcompacta Britz subdepellans (PK)	edible	North America subfoetens=R.foetentula	inedible	flesh pale straw colour turning yellow when cut, and turning bright golden in KOH sybfoetens var.grata subfragilis (Burl)	inedible subfragiliformis sublevispora Russula subnigricans, poisonous	found in North America subrubens subtilis subusta Russula tinctipes tenuiceps	inedible	Found in eastern North America, terenopus torulosa	inedible	under pine transiens truncigena Britz (raoultii Quel) turci	edible	found under fir and pine, spores light ochre-deep yellow orange (G) tyrrhenica Russula uncialis	edible	found in N. A. urens R.variata=cyanoxantha var.variata	edible	often acrid taste, common in northern & eastern North America variegatula	edible velenovskyi	edible	Cosmopolitan, associated with spruce, mild velutipes venosa (ssp(subspecies) R.nauseosa)	edible	grows in mountains under conifers venternosa	inedible	cosmopolitan ventricolor ventricosipes		Found in North America under northern conifers veridofusca versicolor	edible	North America, spores medium yellow (E-F), Russula vesca (Fr)                      mild taste	edible	spores are whitish, stalk stains salmon or deep salmon in ferrous sulphate, veternosa		eastern North America, taste acrid vinacea Russula vinosa	edible vinosobrunnea (Bres)	edible	western North America, spores deep clear ocher (F-G), Russula violacea	inedible, acrid ,spores cream, under conifers violaceoincarnata violeipes Russula virescens	edible	North America, under hardwoods, (Birch). Flesh white then reddish-pink. viscida	edible	flesh white then brownish, slightly acrid, in mountains under conifers Russula xantho Russula xerampelina	edible	Cosmopolitan, found in North America, associated with spruce. xerampelina var.erythropus	edible	cap blood red center almost black, stalk pink or reddish rosy, xerampelina var.fusca 		cap brown or violaceous brown, darker in center, stalk white xerampelina var.olivascens	edible	cap olivaceous-yellow darker in the center, stem white Russula zelleri	edible	North America, rare, spores pale ocher (D-F), taste mild zonaria zonatula zvarae var.pusilla around names example (peckii) are only to seperate them from the russula(latin)name in this case. inedible=not edible and not poisonous, N.A.( = North America) means it is found in North America

Lactarius Species names (Milk Caps)
Kingdom: Fungi Division: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Order: Russulales Family: Russulaceae Genus Russula Species acerrimus	inedible	very acrid acris aerumbonatus	inedible	different then L.rufus only for its cap without umbo, edible if salded or pickleled affinis Pk	inedible	N.A. Taste slowly sharp, latex white unchanging, alpinua Pk	inedible	N.A. aquifluus Pk	inedible	N.A. aspideus  Burl	inedible	N.A. Flesh and latex turn instantly violet or blue when in contact with air,  mild-bitter acrid atroviridis Pk	inedible	N.A. aurantiacus	edible	N.A. azonites Fr	inedible	cosmopolitan badiosanguineus	inedible blennius	inedible	mild-acrid, latex white, spores greenish white, bresadolianus brevis brevipes brunneohepticus camphoratus (Bull) Fr	edible	cosmopolitan, unchanging latex chelidonius Pk (L.chelidonioides Smith)	edible	found in N. A. chrysorheus Fr	inedible	cosmopolitan, spores creamy white, acrid cilicioides Fr	inedible	cosmopolitan cinereus Pk	inedible	N.A. circellatus Fr	inedible	cosmopolitan citriolens colorascens Pk	inedible	cosmopolitan Lactarius controversus, edible, spores white, acrid, latex white & acrid, said to be inedible corrugis Pk cremor Fr cyathula deceptivus Pk	inedible	N.A. decipiens	edible	latex acrid changing to yellow Lactarius deliciosus (Fr)	edible	cosmopolitan, spores white to cream, flesh acrid, latex mild, deliciosus var.japonicus	edible	pale orange, with out green spots deliciosus var.picei deliciosus var.piceus deliciosus var.salmonicolor	edible	does not become green, flesh mild flavoured deterrimus	edible dryadophilus duplicatus Smith	inedible	N.A. evosmus fascinans flavidus Boud flexuosus Fr fluens foetidus Pk fraxineus Romagn fuliginosus Fr	inedible fuliginosus var.pterospora	inedible	cap paler, rugose, gills closer & more colored, spores ocher, white-rosy fulvissimus fumosus	inedible	latex not changing fuscus Roll	inedible gerardii Pk	inedible	N.A. glaucescens	edible glutinopallens glyciosmus Fr	inedible	cosmopolitan griseus Pk	inedible	cosmopolitan hatsudake		grows in Japan hemicyaneus		mild, cap & latex blue hepaticus	inedible helvus Fr	inedible hibbardae Pk	inedible	N.A. hygrophoroides 	edible	N.A. hysginus Fr	inedible	cosmopolitan ichoratus Batsch impolitus	inedible	acrid, latex white indigo (Schw)	edible	N.A. insulsus (Fr)	inedible	cosmopolitan isabellinus Pk	inedible	cosmopolitan lactiflua lacunarum Romagn lapponicus Harm lepidotus Smith & Hesler lignyotus (Fr)	edible*	cosmopolitan lilacinus (Lasch) Fr luteolus Pk	edible	N.A. luteus Blytt maculatus Pk	inedible	N.A. mairei mammosus Fr minusculus Burl		N.A. mitissimus Fries	edible	spores cream mucidus Burl	inedible	N.A. musteus nanus necator nigroviolacens Atk nitidus Burl	inedible	N.A. obscuratus Fr oculatus (Pk)	inedible	N.A. omphaliformis pallidus	inedible	slightly acrid, latex whitish rather abundant, spores cream, paludinellus Pk		N.A. parvus Pk pergamenus	edible* picinus piperatus(Fr)	inedible	cosmopolitan, spores white, slightly acrid plinthogalus Burl plumbeus	inedible	latex white very acrid, spores cream, porninsis	edible* pseudovidus pterosporus pubescens	edible*	almost white cap some times pusillus Bres pyrogalus Fr	edible*	cosmopolitan quieticolor quietus Fr repraesentaneus Britz	inedible	cosmopolitan, resimus Fr	edible*	cosmopolitan rimosellus Pk		N.A. rubocinctus Fr rufus (Scop.) Fr	edible*	cosmopolitan, see L.aerumbonatus, latex unchanging, edible if salted or pickeled, rugatus 	edible	similar to L.volemus but smaller and cap rugose, ruginosus rusticana salmonicolor	edible salicis-herbaceae Kuhn sanguifluus	edible	pale ocher spores, acrid scrobiculatus Fr	edible*	cosmopolitan, spores creamy white, acrid, latex white turning sulphur yellow, semisanguifluus	edible serifluus	edible sordidus sphagneti (Fr) spinulosus Quel subcircellatus subdulcis (Fr)	edible	mild subpurpureus	edible	N.A. sutormiosus	edible	edible if salted or pickeled, tabidus Quel	edible terenopus theiogalus (Bull) Fr	edible*	cosmopolitan thyinos Smith	edible	N.A. tithmalinus Fr torminosus Fr	edible*	cosmopolitan, poisonous raw may be edible cooked, pickled, or salted trivialis (Fr)	edible*	cosmopolitan, latex very acrid white, turpis (Wein)	inedible	cosmopolitan uvidus (Fr)	edible*	cosmopolitan, spores white or cream, see L.violascens similar, latex milky changes to purplish vellereus Fr	edible*	cosmopolitan vellereus var.bertillonii	inedible	spores white, acrid, velutinus	inedible vietus (Fr)	inedible	cosmopolitan, very acrid latex scarce white-gray green when dry violascens	edible*	similar to L.uvidus but cap becomes darker not viscid, with zones, only slightly acrid, villosus	inedible	acrid, latex white volemus Fr	edible	mild, spores white, parboil before eating, volemus var.oedematopus	edible	similar and browner, xanthogalactus Pk zonarioides zonarius	inedible	acrid, latex white It is best not eat any lactarius that has latex that turns yellow but some others that change color or stay white are edible at least after pickeling or salting this also works for acrid or hot tasting ones. do not rely an this list for edibility (whithout checking a relieble source)
 * edible if properly prepared i.e. Parboiled, salted or pickeled