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Russula bicolor.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

Russula bicolor Mushroom
Ref No: 8120
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location: North America
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Orange
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Simple stem
flesh: Flesh granular or brittle, Mushroom slimy or sticky
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Russula bicolor Burlingham
Cap 4-8cm across, convex then flattened; surface copper red mixed with yellow-orange or pale ochre; smooth, viscid when wet; cuticle separable for one-quarter of radius. Gills sub-crowded, broad; white. Stem 30-70 x 10-20mm, spongy; white. Flesh white. Odor not distinctive. Taste acrid. Spores ovoid, 8-10 x (6)7-8µ; warts less than 0.5µ, almost no connecting lines. Deposit white (A). Habitat particularly under birch. Found in both eastern and western North America. Season August-September. Edible. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous)

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