Russula flocktoniae

A beautiful vibrantly yellow mushroom with a velvety look. The centre of the cap which was about 60 mm, was slightly depressed. The slightly spaced gills were a bright white sharply contrasting with a pale orange stipe.
Spotted in a sclerophyll forest with eucalyptus and native heath.

comments (5)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Eol.org spells it slightly differently:
http://eol.org/pages/6733334/overview

Do you think it concerns the same species? Posted 8 years ago
1. Leuba Ridgway
  
  Lion
  
  I think they are the same - probably just a miss-spelling. The Atlas of Living Australia which is based on the Australian Fauna & flora Directory also states it as R.flocktoniae.
  https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/name/apni/176497 Posted 8 years ago, modified 8 years ago
2. WildFlower
  
  Lion
  
  I am not sure what to do with this one. The Australian sources use Russula flocktoniae. All the other databases, including those that are about fungi only, list Russula flocktonae Cleland & Cheel, 1919 as an accepted name. The reference is the same in both cases.
  https://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/images/documents/about/science/fungus/46_2010-12_Russula_flocktoniae_DEC_FF.pdf
  http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/0522ec03892db32a6ce9b6eb67c4992b
  http://www.gbif.org/species/3360119
  http://www.indexfungorum.org/names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=265114
  http://www.mycobank.org/Biolomics.aspx?Table=Mycobank&Rec=169865&Fields=All Posted 8 years ago
3. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    I'd say let's use the most used term, the Australian one. Posted 8 years ago

Leuba Ridgway

Lion

Ferdie,
This fungus is going to undergo a name change. According to Mycologist Lachlan Tegart a DNA analysis showed that R. flocktoniae is actually Lactifluus clarkeae. I might request your assistance with editing the name at a later date. Thanks. Posted 8 years ago