Conservation Status: Not of concern
Similar species include R. sardonia Fries (= R. drimeia Cooke), with bright yellow gills and spores with bands rather than mostly isolated warts, and R. torulosa Bresadola, with less acrid flesh, spores similar to those of R. sardonia, and association with pine.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Russula queletii in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
CalPhotos: Russula queletii photos.