Fungalpedia – Note 2409, Russulaceae
Russulaceae Lotsy
Citation when using this data: Yuan HS et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Basidiomycota.
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Classification: Russulales, Incertae sedis, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi
Russulaceae is one of the important ectomycorrhizal groups of fungi which belongs in order Russulales (Krik et al. 2001). Historically, the family was established by Roze in 1867 as Russulariéés (nom. nud). Late in the year of 1907 it was validated as Russulaceae by Lotsy and placed under Agaricales. To our recent knowledge, Russulaceae includes seven genera viz. Russula Pers., Lactarius Pers., Lactifluus (Pers.) Roussel, Cystangium Singer & A.H. Sm., Multifurca Buyck & V. Hofst., Boidinia Stalpers & Hjortstam and Pseudoxenasma K.H. Larss. & Hjortstam. There are records of more than 1248 species belonging to the family across the world (Atri et al. 2016).
References
Kirk PM, Cannon PF, David JC, Stalpers JA 2001 – Ainsworth & Bisby’s Dictionary of the Fungi, 9th edn. CABI Publishing, Wallingford.
Entry by
Hai-Sheng Yuan, CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110164, People’s Republic of China, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China
Published online 5 May 2026