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| location: North America |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Yellow, Brown, Grey to beige |
| normal size: Less than 5cm |
| stem type: Simple stem |
| flesh: Flesh granular or brittle |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground |
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Russula ballouii Pk. Cap 2-5cm across, broadly convex then flattened or slightly depressed in the center; yellow-ochre to tawny; surface dry and cracking into many minute mosaic-like patches. Gills adnate, close; pale cream. Stem 20-50 x 8- l0mm, equal; colored like cap; base with cracked surface. Flesh fragile; creamy white. Odor not distinctive. Taste mild. Spores ovoid, 8-10 x 7-8µ; warts up to 0.5µ high, partial reticulum. Deposit white (A). Habitat in mixed deciduous woods. Rather rare. Found widely distributed in eastern North America. Season August-September. Edibility not known, avoid. |
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