ʻO Russula hiki ke ʻai (Russula vesca)
- Māhele: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Māhele: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Papa: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Papa haʻahaʻa: Incertae sedis (no ke kūlana maopopo ʻole)
- Kauoha: Russulales (Russulovye)
- ʻOhana: Russulaceae (Russula)
- ʻAno: Russula (Russula)
- Type: ʻO Russula vesca (Russula edible)
- ʻai Russula
Hiki ke ʻokoʻa ke anawaena o ka pāpale o kēia mushroom mai 5 a 9 cm. ʻO ka maʻamau he ʻulaʻula a ʻulaʻula-ʻulaʻula paha kona waihoʻoluʻu, ʻano pili i ka paʻi ʻana, ʻiʻo, a lilo i matte i ka wā e maloʻo ai. I loko o nā halo'ōpiopio, ua like ka pāpale e like me ka hemisphere, a ma hope o ka manawa, weheʻia a lilo i pālahalaha-convex. ʻAʻole hiki i kāna cuticle i ka ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi a wehe maʻalahi i ka waena. ʻai Russula he mau papa keʻokeʻo, ʻike pinepine ʻia, i kekahi manawa he mau kiko ʻeʻe ko lākou. He keʻokeʻo ka wāwae, akā i ka manawa, hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā kiko like ma luna, e like me nā papa. ʻO ke ʻano o ka pulp he paʻa, hoʻopuka i kahi ʻala ʻala ʻoluʻolu a loaʻa ka ʻono nutty māmā.
Ke ulu nei kēia mushroom i nā ululāʻau deciduous a me nā coniferous i ka wā o ke kauwela-autumn. Loaʻa ka nui o nā russula ʻulaʻula, nona nā ʻano ʻono kūikawā, hiki ke ʻike ʻia ma ka nahu ʻana i kahi pā liʻiliʻi.
ʻai Russula hoʻohana nui ʻia i ka meaʻai ma muli o kona ʻono maikaʻi a me ka ʻala. He palekana loa ia no ke olakino.