ʻO Rubela (Lactarius subdulcis)
- 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: Lactarius (Milky)
- Type: Lactarius subdulcis (Rubella)
ʻōpala (lat. Lactarius subdulcis) he haʻo i loko o ka genus Milkweed (lat. Lactarius) o ka ʻohana Russulaceae.
ʻōpala He haʻo nani a hoihoi, ʻulaʻula, liʻiliʻi ka nui. Aia kekahi pāpale me ke anawaena a hiki i 8 kenimika. Loaʻa iā ia nā ʻaoʻao ʻokoʻa a i ʻole he ʻili palahalaha loa. Huna keia mau halo i ka wai waiu ma loko o ka pāpale. ʻO ka mua keʻokeʻo, a laila lilo i translucent. Ke kū nei me ka ikaika. ʻōpala aia ma ka wāwae o ka lōʻihi a me ka mānoanoa. He māmā iki kona kala.
Hiki ke loaʻa maʻalahi kēia ʻaha i nā ululāʻau like ʻole inā ʻoe e hoʻolohe i ka waiho ʻana o ka moss. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana iā lākou mai ka waena o ke kauwela a i ka waena waena.
Manaʻo ʻia ka ʻai ʻia, akā no ka ʻai ʻana, pono e hoʻolapalapa ʻia a paʻakai paha i ʻole e pōʻino i ke olakino. ʻAʻole pono e ʻai maka ʻia.
ʻAno like
ʻawaʻawa (Lactarius rufus). ʻOkoʻa ʻo Rubella ma kahi ʻeleʻele, burgundy a me ka wai waiu ʻole.
ʻIke maʻalahi ʻia ʻo Euphorbia (Lactarius volemus) e kona nui nui, ʻano ʻiʻo a me ka wai waiu kahe nui.