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Welcome to Russulales News!

Welcome to the new Russulales News web-site! It is with great pleasure that we announce that Russulales News, the newsletter published from 1991 to 1996 and dedicated to the study of Russulales is finally back... on the web. We still have a long way to go before we will attain our goal, but at least you will be able to see it grow now...

As it often happens for other genera, also tropical Russulae may be strikingly colourful: this wonderful species, Russula heinemannii is characterized by intensely orange tinges.
(Photo © Annemieke Verbeken)

With the advent of new web technologies and the improved accessibility of this medium to mycologists all over the world, a website seemed preferable over the distribution of a printed document, especially as the website will offer continuously updated and easily searchable databases.

The information contained in the databases is still incomplete, but we are working hard to complete this and we extend our thanks to the mycologists who have helped in the past or still are helping with this huge task. To see some examples of what kind of information we hope to offer for species, you can try and click here.

This website is no longer the one-man's initiative of the printed Russulales News: it has evolved into a joint effort of an international team of enthusiastic, young mycologists (see 'People'). It hopes to cover all aspects of Russulales worldwide and in the phylogenetic sense of the order: all groups of mushrooms that share a common ancestor with Russula and Lactarius. Indeed, the recent technological progress in systematics confirms the considerable morphological diversity of the various mushrooms that are close to Russula and Lactarius and that are now grouped in the order Russulales (see 'what are russulales'). The mycologists that will keep this website up-to-date, therefore, may have very different interests, these can be with hypogeous as well as with resupinate taxa instead or with the typical agaricoid Russula or Lactarius.

Acknowledgements...

Literature DB

It is eventually possible to consult our literature DB, which comprehends to date 1606 books and articles variously related to the Russulales.
(last update: 19/06/2009)

Photographs

We have 390 species illustrated by colour photographs, and more are being added...
Last additions:
• R. terenopus
• R. cremeoavellanea
• R. risigallina
• R. parodorata
• R. fragrantissima
• R. poikilochroa
• R. amarissima
• R. medullata
(see the complete list...)

Taxa DB

Browse through our nomenclator:
2663 Russula names
   (updated 07/05/2009)
1688 Lactarius names
   (updated 12/01/2008)
6 Multifurca names
   (updated 28/07/2008)
430 sequestrate Russulales names
   (updated 28/07/2008)
20 corticioid Russulales names
   (updated 28/07/2008)

Write us!

If you find this site interesting or useful, or if you have any suggestions for improvement, send us an e-mail at

Latest publications dealing with Russulales

Ruini, S. (2009) – I funghi rivieraschi del lago di Varese. Pag. Micol. 31: 83-87.

Piuri, C. (2009) – Due Russule mediterranee. Pag. Micol. 31: 43-47, 52-53.

Anon. (2009) – 58° Comitato Scientifico Nazionale A.M.B. Sessione autunnale - Amantea (CS) 25-29 ottobre 2006. Elenco delle specie essiccate e conservate in Erbario A.M.B. Pag. Micol. 31: 31-33.

Stubbe, D., Nuytinck, J. & Verbeken, A. (2008) – Lactarius subgenus Plinthogalus of Malaysia. Fungal Diversity 32: 125-156.

Buyck, B., Hofstetter, V., Eberhardt, U., Verbeken, A. & Kauff, F. (2008) – Walking the thin line between Russula and Lactarius: the dilemma of Russula subsect. Ochricompactae. Fungal Diversity 28: 15-40.