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The Russulaceae are a diverse family of fungi in the order Russulales, with roughly 1,900 known species and a worldwide distribution. They comprise the brittlegills and the milk-caps, well-known mushroom-forming fungi that include some edible species. These gilled mushrooms are characterised by the brittle flesh of their fruitbodies.
The British Mycological Society (BMS) was formed by the combined efforts of two local societies: the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club of Hereford and the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union. The Curator of the Hereford Club, H. G. Bull , convinced the members in 1867 to undertake the particular study of mushrooms.
Hygrophorus is a genus of agarics (gilled mushrooms) in the family Hygrophoraceae.Called "woodwaxes" in the UK or "waxy caps" (together with Hygrocybe species) in North America, basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are typically fleshy, often with slimy caps and lamellae that are broadly attached to decurrent.
Russula is a very large genus composed of around 750 worldwide species of ectomycorrhizal mushrooms. They are typically common, fairly large, and brightly colored – making them one of the most recognizable genera among mycologists and mushroom collectors.
It is common in Europe, and is one of the 100 most common fungi in the United Kingdom. [17] Its European range extends east to the Urals. [19] In Asia it is widely distributed, having been recorded from China, [20] western Maharashtra (India), [21] Iran, [22] and Japan. [23] The fruit bodies are popular among fungus-loving beetles.
Cuphophyllus pratensis is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Hygrophoraceae.It has been given the recommended English name of meadow waxcap in the UK [2] and in North America has variously been called the meadow waxy cap, [3] salmon waxy cap, [4] and butter meadowcap. [5]
The fruit body (mushroom) is a fair size, with a 4–8 cm (1 + 5 ⁄ 8 – 3 + 1 ⁄ 8 in) diameter light pink to white cap that can be dotted with darker pink or red marks and bruises yellow. [2] The colour is darker in the cap centre. [5] Convex and flattening with age, the cap often has a boss and an inrolled margin when young. Its surface ...
A study of a closely related southeast Asian Astraeus species concluded that the fungus contained an abundance of volatile eight-carbon compounds (including 1-octanol, 1-octen-3-ol, and 1-octen-3-one) that imparted a "mushroom-like, earthy, and pungent odor that was evident as an oily and moss-like smell upon opening the caps".