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Russula xantho
Shaffer

Nomenclature

Description

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There are many yellow-capped Russulas in the USA. Russula xantho is probably the most recently described one. Robert Shaffer introduced this name for a species that used to be referred to as R. aurata in America.

Photo © Raymond Fatto.