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Russula brunneola Mushroom
Ref No: 8122
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Russula brunneola2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8123
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location: North America
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: Brown, Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Simple stem
flesh: Flesh granular or brittle
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

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)

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