Kwang-Soo Shin*
Department of Microbiology & Biotechnology, Daejeon University, Daejeon 300-716, Korea
Correspondence to shinks@dju.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) December 31, 2010, 38(2):197-198.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.2010.38.2.197
(Received November 25, 2010. Accepted December 10, 2010)
Published: December 31, 2010.
© The Korean Society of Mycology
The morphological and ecological characteristics of Russula eburneoareolata Hongo is reported first time in Korea. The fungus was collected from the mixed forest of Fagaceae in the Gyeryongsan Mountain National Park. The pileus is champagne to ivory, convex then expanded and depressed in the center afterward, and 4 to 9 cm broad. Stipe is 3 to 6 cm long, 12 to 20 mm thick and tapering below. Spores are 7-8 × 6-7 µm, subspherical oval and warty with some connecting lines. Basidia are about 35-40 × 10-11 µm and four-spore bearing type.
Basidiomycotina, Russulaceae, Russula eburneoareolata Hongo