Fungi Fungi Name Index (FNI)

Showing Russula olivaceoflava
Russulaceae
Russula olivaceoflava T.Lebel , legitimate, scientific
Lebel, T. (10 November 2017), Nomenclatural changes and corrections for some previously described Australasian truffle-like fungi (Basidiomycetes). Muelleria 36: 13 [nom. nov.]
replaced synonym: Cystangium flavovirens T.Lebel legitimate
  • Text: identifier: MB 821532
  • Text: "The name Cystangium [sic Russula] flavovirens is already in use (Bommer & Rousseau, Bull. Soc. R. Bot. Belg. 26(no. 1): 58 (repr.) (1887)). ... "
  • Etymology: "The new epithet refers to the olivaceous yellow tones of the pileus [L. olivaceus = olive green; flavus = pale yellow]."