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Blackening brittlegill

Russula nigricans

currently accepted name: Russula adusta (1838) — GBIF treats this as the accepted name and Russula nigricans as a synonym; the catalogue keeps the species apart

Genus Russula. Family Russulaceae. Order Russulales.

Blackening brittlegill — Photographs 1
Blackening brittlegill.
Photo: This image was created by user Drew Parker (mycotrope) at Mushroom Observer, a s / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Description

Russula adusta, commonly known as the blackening brittlegill or blackening russula, is a species of gilled mushroom.

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Photographs

Blackening brittlegill — Photographs 2
Blackening brittlegill. Mycological illustration.
Jan Kops / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Source: Wikipedia