Four white-capped species of Russula (Russulaceae)

TitleFour white-capped species of Russula (Russulaceae)
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1989
AuthorsShaffer RL
JournalMemoirs of The New York Botanical Garden
Volume49
Pagination348-354
KeywordsTAXONOMY
Abstract

Four species of the gill-mushroom genus Russula with whitish pilei are discussed and described: R. purpureomaculata, R. brunneoalba sp. nov., R. anomala, and R. ludoviciana sp. nov. Specimens of the first three of these are often identified, and placed in herbaria, as R. albida.