Russula flavida

It was described in 1880 by American botanist and mycologist Charles Christopher Frost.

A variant, R. flavida var. dhakurianus, was described in 2005 from Kumaon in the Indian Himalaya.

Russula flavida has a bright yellow to orange yellow cap and stipe and white gills. The cap is convex with a central depression and {{Convert|2.5-8|cm|frac=4}} wide.{{Cite book |last=Audubon |title=Mushrooms of North America |publisher=Knopf |year=2023 |isbn=978-0-593-31998-7 |pages=199}} The stem is {{Convert|3-7|cm|abbr=on|frac=4}} long and {{Convert|1-2|cm|abbr=on|frac=4}} thick. The spore print is yellowish-cream.

From June to September, it appears in North America, from eastern Texas to New Hampshire. It is also found in parts of Asia.

It usually surfaces on the ground under hardwood trees.

The species is edible{{cite book |last=Phillips |first=Roger |title=Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America |year=2010 |orig-date=2005 |publisher=Firefly Books |location=Buffalo, NY |isbn=978-1-55407-651-2 |page=144}} and contains the pigment russulaflavidin and a related compound.

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{{cite journal |vauthors=Bills GF, Miller OK Jr |year=1984 |title=Southern Appalachian Russulas. I |journal=Mycologia |volume=76 |issue=6 |pages=975–1002 |jstor=3793015 |doi=10.2307/3793015}}

{{cite book|vauthors=Das K, Sharma JR |year=2005 |title=Russulaceae of Kumaon Himalaya |pages=203}}

{{cite journal |vauthors=Fröde R, Bröckelmann M, Steffan B, Steglich W, Marumoto R |year=1995 |title=A novel type of triterpenoid quinone methide pigment from the toadstool Russula flavida (Agaricales) |journal=Tetrahedron |volume=51 |issue=9 |pages=2553–2560 |doi=10.1016/0040-4020(95)00012-W}}

{{cite journal |author=Peck |year=1879 |title=Report of the Botanist (1878) |journal=Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History |volume=32 |pages=17–72}}

{{cite web |title=MycoBank: Russula flavida |url=http://www.mycobank.org/Biolomics.aspx?Table=Mycobank&MycoBankNr_=187446 |accessdate=2014-12-24}}

{{cite web |title=Russulales News: Russula flavida |url=http://www2.muse.it/russulales-news/tx_photos.asp?index=5532 |accessdate=2014-12-24}}

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flavida

Category:Edible fungi

Category:Fungus species

Category:Fungi described in 1880

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