Russula brunneola Burlingham Cap 5-12cm across, subglobose then soon almost flat; deep sepia brown, gray-brown to olive brown, sometimes with paler, yellowish areas; smooth, dry, often pruinose when young, margin finely striate-tuberculate. Gills moderately crowded, broad, prominently forking near stem; pale cream to slightly brownish. Stem 40-80 x 10-30mm, equal, firm; yellowish white or flushed pale purple to reddish brown at base; dry, dull. Flesh firm; white. Odor pleasant. Taste mild. Spores ellipsoid, 6-9.5 x 4-7.5µ; warts up to 0.7µ, high, mostly isolated, occasionally a few fine connectives. Deposit white to palest cream (A-B). Habitat conifer and mixed woods. Common. Found in eastern North America and west to Washington. Season July-September. Edible-good. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous) |