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Cape Russula

Russula capensis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) adamwelz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Africa.January 0, February 0, March 2, April 17, May 15, June 13, July 10, August 2, September 6, October 1, November 0, December 0.
South Africa66
Western Cape66

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Mycorrhizal fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly form mycorrhizal associations.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderRussulales
FamilyMilkcaps, Brittlegills and Allies · Russulaceae
Genusbrittlegills · Russula

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Cape Russula with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.