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| location: North America |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Yellow, Grey to beige, Orange |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Convex to shield shaped |
| stem type: Simple stem |
| flesh: Flesh discolours when cut, bruised or damaged, Flesh granular or brittle, Mushroom slimy or sticky |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground |
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Russula granulata (Pk.) Pk.
Cap 4-10cm across, convex with incurved margin, disc flattened with small crust-like patches and granules; pale orange-yellow to tawny; margin tuberculate-sulcate; viscid when wet. Gills adnate, close; pale yellow, often spotted brown. Stem 30-75 x 10-20mm, equal; often stained darker brown below; smooth. Flesh yellowish staining brown. Odor unpleasant. Taste oily-acrid. Spores ellipsoid, 5.7-8 x 4.4-6.3µ; warts up to 1µ high, isolated with very few connectives. Deposit pale orange-yellow (D-E). Habitat in mixed woodlands. Frequent. Found in northeastern North America to Michigan and Tennessee. Season July-September. Not edible. |
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