Fungi Fungi Name Index (FNI)

Showing Russula osphranticarpa
Russulaceae
Russula osphranticarpa 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: Octaviania redolens G.Cunn. legitimate replaced synonym: Gymnomyces redolens (G.Cunn.) Pfister legitimate replaced synonym: Martellia redolens (G.Cunn.) G.W.Beaton, Pegler & T.W.K.Young legitimate
  • Text: "The name Russula redolens is already in use (Burlingham, Mycologia 13(3): 133, 1921), so a new name for this taxon is required. ... "
  • Text: identifier: MB 820061
  • Etymology: "The new epithet refers to the pleasant odour of the fruit bodies [Gk. osphrantos = smellable; carpus = fruitbody]."