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Russula risigallina (Batsch) Sacc., Fl. ital. crypt. Hymeniales (Genoa) 1: 430 (1915)

Russula ochracea sensu auct.
Russula lutea sensu auct. mult.
Agaricus risigallinus Batsch, Elench. fung. Cont. prima (Halle): 67, tab. 15, fig. 72 (1786)
Agaricus vitellinus Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 2: 442 (1801)
Russula vitellina (Pers.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 618 (1821)
Russula chamaeleontina Fr., Epicr. syst. mycol. (Uppsala): 363 (1838)
Russula armeniaca Cooke, Illustrations of British Fungi (Hymenomycetes) (London) 7: pl. 1045 (1064) (1888)
Russula lutea var. armeniaca (Cooke) Rea, Brit. basidiomyc. (Cambridge): 478 (1922)
Russula lutea var. ochracea Singer, Annls mycol. 33: 298 (1935)
Russula risigallina f. chamaeleontina (Fr.) Bon, Docums Mycol. 18(nos 70-71): 108 (1988)

Habitat: On soil in mixed deciduous woodland, with Betula, Fagus or Quercus spp.

Notes: Occasional but widespread in England. Rarely reported elsewhere but apparently widespread.

Distribution: E: o, S: !, W: !, NI: !, ROI: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 109218; Scotland: K(M) 94375; Wales: K(M) 64208

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 395
D+I:, in Galli, R., Le Russule: 480 pp. (1996), p. 298-299

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