Species
Russula nigricans (Blackening brittlegill)
Russula nigricans. Photo: (c) robertchilds, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Russula nigricans, commonly known as the blackening brittlegill or blackening russula, is a gilled mushroom found in woodland in Europe. It gains both its common and scientific name from its propensity to turn black from cutting or bruising.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
- Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
- Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Russulales
- Family: Russulaceae (Milkcaps, brittlegills and allies)
- Genus: Russula (Brittlegills)
- Subgenus: Compactae
- Subsection: Nigricantinae
- Species: Russula nigricans (Blackening brittlegill)
- Subsection: Nigricantinae
- Subgenus: Compactae
- Genus: Russula (Brittlegills)
- Family: Russulaceae (Milkcaps, brittlegills and allies)
- Order: Russulales
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
- Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
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