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Noun: Russula
  1. Large genus of fungi with stout stems and white spores and neither annulus nor volva; brittle caps of red or purple or yellow or green or blue; differs from genus Lactarius in lacking milky juice
    - genus Russula

Type of: fungus genus

Part of: Agaricaceae, family Agaricaceae

Encyclopedia: Russula