Four New Species of Russula Subsection Sardoninae from China.

Four new species of Russula subsection Sardoninae from northern and southwestern China under coniferous and deciduous trees are proposed as R. begonia , R. photinia , R. rhodochroa , and R. rufa . Illustrations and descriptions of R. gracillima , R. leucomarginata , R. roseola , and the above four new species are provided based on evidence of morphological characters and phylogenetic analyses of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS), as well as the multi-locus of mtSSU, nLSU, rpb1 , rpb2 and tef1 -α. The relationships between these new species and allied taxa are discussed.