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| location: North America |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Green, Red or redish or pink, Violet or purple, Grey to beige |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Convex to shield shaped |
| stem type: Simple stem |
| flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky, Other |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground |
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Russula gracilis Burlingham.
Cap 3-6cm across, soon flattened-depressed; pale lilac rose to salmon, mixed with pale greenish gray or buff; viscid when wet; cuticle separable almost to center. Gills rather close; cream-buff. Stem 30-50 x 8-20mm, equal; white or rarely tinted pink. Flesh soft; white. Odor pleasant. Taste acrid. Spores ellipsoid, 7.5-9 x 6-7µ; warts 0.3-0.5µ high, isolated or with a few connectives. Deposit medium ochre (D-E). Habitat in wet, boggy areas in mixed woods. Fairly common. Found in eastern North America. Season July-September. Not edible. |
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