- Russula subnigricans
Taxobox
name = "Russula subnigricans"
status = secure
image_width =
regnum = Fungi
divisio =Basidiomycota
classis =Homobasidiomycetae
subclassis =Hymenomycete s
ordo =Russulales
familia =Russulaceae
genus = "Russula "
species = "R. subnigricans"
binomial = "Russula subnigricans"
binomial_authority = Hongo mycomorphbox
name = Russula subnigricans
whichGills = free
capShape = convex
hymeniumType=gills
stipeCharacter= bare
ecologicalType=mycorrhizal
sporePrintColor=white
howEdible=poisonous"Russula subnigricans" is a
basidiomycete mushroom of the genus "Russula " found in China and North America. It has been responsible for mushroom poisoning in Taiwan. The effect was a serious one,rhabdomyolysis . Several active agents have been isolated; one designated russuphelin A by researchers in Japan. [cite journal|author=Takahashi A, Agatsuma T, Matsuda M, Ohta T, Nunozawa T, Endo T, Nozoe S |year=1992|title=Russuphelin A, a new cytotoxic substance from the mushroom "Russula subnigricans" Hongo. |journal=Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). |volume=40 |issue=12 |pages=3185–88 |pmid=1294320 |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1294320 (abstract) |accessdate= 2008-02-08]The species was named by Japanese mycologist Tsuguo Hongo in 1955. The name has also been applied to a North American fungus "
Russula eccentrica ". [cite web
author = Wood M, Stevens F | title = California Fungi:Russula eccentrica | work = The Fungi of California website| publisher = Mykoweb| date = 2007 | url = http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Russula_eccentrica.html | accessdate =2008-02-12]References
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