Russula golden red (Russula aurea)
- Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Incertae sedis (of uncertain position)
- Order: Russulales (Russulovye)
- Family: Russulaceae (Russula)
- Genus: Russula (Russula)
- Type: Russula aurea (Russula golden red)
Russula aurata
Russula aurea belongs to the class Agaricomycetes, Russula family.
The growth area is very large, the fungus is found everywhere in the forests of Europe, Asia, North America. Prefers to grow in small groups.
The mushroom is lamellar, has a pronounced hat and leg.
head in young mushrooms it is bell-shaped, later it becomes completely flat, with slight depressions. The surface is without mucus, the skin is well separated from the pulp.
Records even, often located, color – ocher. In many specimens, the edges of the plates have a bright yellow color.
The color of the hat itself can be different – yellow, brick, red, with a purple tint.
Leg russula of this type is dense, numerous scales are located on the surface. The color is creamy, in older mushrooms it can be brown.
The structure of the pulp is dense, it has no smell, the taste is slightly sweet. Bitterness is absent. The tuberculate spores of Russula aurata have ribs that form a reticulum.