Russula flavida is a member of the large mushroom genus Russula, described in 1880 by American botanist and mycologist Charles Christopher Frost[2] and found in North America and parts of Asia.[3] It has a bright yellow to orange yellow cap and stipe and white gills.[4]
The species is edible[5] and contains the pigment russulaflavidin and a related compound.[6]
A variant, R. flavida var. dhakurianus, was described in 2005 from Kumaon in the Indian Himalaya.[7]
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^Phillips, Roger (2010) [2005]. Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 144. ISBN978-1-55407-651-2.
^Fröde R, Bröckelmann M, Steffan B, Steglich W, Marumoto R (1995). "A novel type of triterpenoid quinone methide pigment from the toadstool Russula flavida (Agaricales)". Tetrahedron. 51 (9): 2553–2560. doi:10.1016/0040-4020(95)00012-W.
^Das K, Sharma JR (2005). Russulaceae of Kumaon Himalaya. p. 203.
