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The Russulales are an order of the Agaricomycetes, (which include the agaric genera Russula and Lactarius and their polyporoid and corticioid relatives). Based on 2025 data, the order includes 12 families, 102 genera and approximately 3.400 species.

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Russulales is an order of fungi within the class Agaricomycetes and phylum Basidiomycota. It belongs to the kingdom Fungi and is part of the subclass Agaricomycetidae. The taxon was described by Kreisel ex P.M. Kirk, P.F. Cannon & J.C. David in 2001 and holds an accepted status in biological classification.

Records indicate that this order has a marine habitat. Specimens have been documented in Australia, the United States, Argentina, and Zimbabwe. These records are held by institutions including MEL, UCSC, FLAS, and O.

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Species

ORDER

  1. KingdomFungi
  2. PhylumBasidiomycota
  3. ClassAgaricomycetes
  4. OrderRussulales
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded2,846,975

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
5
Collections
MEL, UCSC, FLAS, O
Recorded in
Australia, United States, Argentina, Zimbabwe

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Agaricomycetidae
Image
Russula emetica.jpg
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Commons category
Russulales
taxon rank
order
taxon name
Russulales
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Encyclopedic overview

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The Russulales are an order of the Agaricomycetes, (which include the agaric genera Russula and Lactarius and their polyporoid and corticioid relatives). Based on 2025 data, the order includes 12 families, 102 genera and approximately 3.400 species.

Russuloid agarics represent an independent evolutionary line of agarics, not directly related to the Agaricales.

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