Synonymy:
Agaricus lacteus Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 2: 439 (1801)
Russula lactea Fr., Epicrisis Systematis Mycologici: 355 (1838) [1836-1838]

Agaricus linnaei Fr., Icon. Desc. Fung. Min. Cognit. (Leipzig) 1: 67 (1815)
Russula linnaei (Fr.) Fr., Hymenomyc. eur. (Upsaliae): 444 (1874)
Russulina linnaei (Fr.) F. Kaufm., Ber. Versamml. Westpreuss. Bot.-Zool. Vereins 31: 59 (1909)
Russula lepida var. linnaei (Fr.) Reumaux & Frund, in Frund & Reumaux, Cahiers de la FMBDS 1: 23 (2011)

Russula lepida Fr., Anteckn. Sver. Ätl. Svamp.: 50 (1836)

Russula lepida var. lactea (Fr.) F.H. Møller & Jul. Schäff., Russula-Monographie (Eching): 102 (1952)

Russula cypriani Gillet, Champ. Fr.: tab. 606 (1871)
Russula lepida var. cypriani (Gillet) Reumaux & Frund, in Frund & Reumaux, Cahiers de la FMBDS 1: 33 (2011)

Russula incarnata Morgan, J. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist. 6: 187 (1883)
Russula morganii Sacc. [as 'morgani'], Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 5: 468 (1887)

Russula incarnata Quél., C. r. Assoc. Franç. Avancem. Sci. 11: 396 (1883) [1882]
Russula lactea var. incarnata (Quél.) Cooke, Handb. Brit. Fungi, 2nd Edn: 324 (1889)

Russula incarnata var. livida Bres., in Schulzer, Hedwigia 24(4): 140 (1885)
Russula lactea var. livida (Bres.) Cooke, Grevillea 20(no. 94): 50 (1891)

Russula lepida var. alba Rea, Assoc. Franç. Avancem. Sci., Congr. Blois 1884 13: 280 (1885) [1884]

Russula lepida var. salmonea Zvára, in Melzer & Zvára, Arch. Přírod. Výzk. Čech 17(4): 64 (1928) [1927]

Russula lepida var. sapinea Zvára, in Melzer & Zvára, Arch. Přírod. Výzk. Čech 17(4): 64 (1928) [1927]

Russula lepida var. speciosa Zvára, in Melzer & Zvára, Arch. Přírod. Výzk. Čech 17(4): 64 (1928) [1927]

Russula lactea var. australis Cleland, Cat. Austral. Fungi: 242 (1940)

Russula rosea f. pulposa Romagn., Russules d'Europe Afr. Nord (Bordas): 515 (1967)

Russula lepida var. flavescens J. Blum ex Reumaux & Frund, in Frund & Reumaux, Cahiers de la FMBDS 1: 18 (2011)

Russula lepida var. laetissima Reumaux & Frund, in Frund & Reumaux, Cahiers de la FMBDS 1: 18 (2011)

Russula lepida var. britannica Reumaux & Frund, in Frund & Reumaux, Cahiers de la FMBDS 1: 30 (2011)

Russula lepida var. albolutescens Reumaux & Frund, in Frund & Reumaux, Cahiers de la FMBDS 1: 32 (2011)

Russula lepida var. giacomoi Reumaux & Frund [as 'giacomi'], in Frund & Reumaux, Cahiers de la FMBDS 1: 36 (2011)

Russula lepida var. microspora J.Aug. Schmitt, Abhandlungen der DELATTINIA 47: 152 (2022)

Position in classification:
Russula, Russulaceae, Russulales, Incertae sedis, Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi

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