RUSSULA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Russula mean? 

• RUSSULA (noun)
  The noun RUSSULA has 1 sense:

1. large genus of fungi with stout stems and white spores and neither annulus nor volva; brittle caps of red or purple or yellow or green or blue; differs from genus Lactarius in lacking milky juice

  Familiarity information: RUSSULA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUSSULA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large genus of fungi with stout stems and white spores and neither annulus nor volva; brittle caps of red or purple or yellow or green or blue; differs from genus Lactarius in lacking milky juice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Russula; Russula

Hypernyms ("Russula" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Holonyms ("Russula" is a member of...):

Agaricaceae; family Agaricaceae (large family including many familiar mushrooms)