russula

See also: Russula and rússula

English

Etymology

From the genus name Russula.

Noun

russula (plural russulas)

  1. A mushroom of the genus Russula.
    • 2015 November 6, Helen Macdonald, “Sex, Death and Mushrooms”, in The New York Times Magazine‎[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 10 November 2021:
      “For some species, the colors are unbelievably variable,” Nick says of one group, the russulas, ”and they get washed out by rain, and then the exact distribution of the warts on the spores is an alternative. […] .

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