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Nomenclature

Russula illota Romagn.
Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon [BPH] 23: 175. 1954.

≡ Russula laurocerasi var. illota Romagn.
(nom. inval.)
Fl. Analyt. Champ. Supér. [IF]: 468. 1953.

≡ Russula laurocerasi var. illota (Romagn.) R. Heim
(nom. inval.)
Champ. Eur.: 186. 1957.

Original diagnosis

Pileo (2,5)-5-16 cm, ± crasso, globoso, deinde convexo et expanso, non semper depresso, margine acuta, pectinata, saepe inequaliter lobata, e brunneo ochraceo, deinde e luteo brunneo, sordido, latis areis e purpureis sordide brunneis variegata, viscoso, saepe radiato-fibroso. Stipite (3)-4-10 × 1-3,7 cm, primum albo et subtilissime brunneo punctulato, mox brunnescente et specie sordidissima. Carne ± tenui, alba, saepe paulum citrino tincta, odore complexo, simul amygdalino atque fructibus simili; sapore in stipite acri. Lamellis non stipatissimis, 7-12 mm latis, albidis, mox sordide rufulis vel brunnescentibus, acie semper eximie fuscis punctis, minimis, distincta. Sporis pallide cremeis (B-C Crawshay), subglobosis, 7-8,5 × 6,2-7 µ, cristis rarioribus quam apud Russulam laurocerasi fragrantemque, spinis saepe singularibus, altis. Epicute dermatocystidiis manifestis, 6,5-8,5 µ latis, et hypodermate laticiferis plurimis magnisque praedito. - In silvis frequens.

Typification

Lectotypus: Romagnesi 51-76 (PC)
Europe: France:

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