Russula campinensis

Russula campinensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Russulaceae
Genus: Russula
Species:
R. campinensis
Binomial name
Russula campinensis
(Singer) T.W. Henkel, Aime & S.L. Mill. (2000)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lactarius campinensis Singer 1985
  • Pleurogala campinensis (Singer) Redhead & Norvell (1993)

Russula campinensis is a neotropical species in the genus Russula. This species is highly different from most other known Russula species in that it has very small (2–17 mm), pleurotoid fruitbodies that develop on tree trunks in up to 2 m elevation from the forest floor.[2] It was described as Lactarius campinensis from Brazil (Amazonas) by Rolf Singer.[3] T.W. Henkel, M.C. Aime and S.L. Miller later found this species in tropical rainforest of the Pakaraima Mountains, Guyana, and showed with molecular phylogenetic methods that it belongs to Russula.[2] Although forming fruitbodies on wood, R. campinensis is a root-symbiotic ectomycorrhizal species and has been observed in Guyana associated with Dicymbe altsonii[2] and D. jenzenii[4] trees in the legume subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

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