Russula subnigricans | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Russulales |
Family: | Russulaceae |
Genus: | Russula |
Species: | R. subnigricans
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Binomial name | |
Russula subnigricans |
Russula subnigricans | |
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![]() | Gills on hymenium |
![]() | Cap is convex |
![]() | Hymenium is free |
![]() | Stipe is bare |
![]() | Spore print is white |
![]() | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
![]() | Edibility is poisonous |
Russula subnigricans, known as the rank russula, [2] or Nise-Kurohatsu ( Japanese), meaning "false blackening russula" is a basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Russula found in East Asia.
The flesh turns pale red when cut, but doesn't turn black unlike Russula nigricans. [1]
The species was named by Japanese mycologist Tsuguo Hongo in 1955. [1]
The name was formerly applied to the North American fungus Russula eccentrica in California. [3] It has been reclassified as Russula cantharellicola, where it grows in association with coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) trees in California oak woodland habitats. [4]
Russula subnigricans is a poisonous mushroom, and has been responsible for mushroom poisoning in Taiwan and Japan. The effect is a serious one, rhabdomyolysis.
The toxins responsible are the very unusual cycloprop-2-ene carboxylic acid (a toxic molecule consisting of only 10 atoms) and Russuphelin A (a heavily chlorinated polyphenolic). [5] [6]