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Russula curtipes Mushroom
Ref No: 8137
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Russula curtipes2 GK Mushroom
Ref No: 8138
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location: North America
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: White to cream, Red or redish or pink, Violet or purple, Brown
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 curtipes Møller & J. Schaeff. Cap 3-10cm across, soon flattened; often concentrically pigmented, red-brown to vinaceous red or purplish, center often paler cream; surface dull. Gills fairly close, broad; medium ochre. Stem 30-50 x 10-15mm, usually shorter than cap diameter; white. Flesh firm; white. Odor mild. Taste mild. Spores ellipsoid, 7-9.5 x 6-7.5µ; with low, blunt warts and a partial network. Deposit deep ochre (F-H). Habitat in beech woods. Found in New Jersey; possibly elsewhere but not recorded. Season July-August. 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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