Species
Russula sanguinaria (Bloody brittlegill)
Russula sanguinaria. Photo: (c) robertchilds, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Russula sanguinaria, commonly known as the bloody brittlegill, is a strikingly coloured mushroom, a member of the Russula genus, which has the common name of brittlegills. It is bright blood-red, inedible, and grows in association with coniferous trees. It was previously widely known as Russula sanguinea.
- 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: Russula
- Subsection: Sardoninae
- Species: Russula sanguinaria (Bloody brittlegill)
- Subsection: Sardoninae
- Subgenus: Russula
- 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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