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Russula mutabilis.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

Russula mutabilis Mushroom
Ref No: 8202
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location: North America
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Brown, Orange
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Simple stem
flesh: Flesh discolours when cut, bruised or damaged, Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy), Flesh granular or brittle
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Russula mutabilis Murr.
Cap 3-5cm across, convex to depressed, margin striate-tuberculate; dull orange-brown to pale tawny, dull red where injured; surface viscid, not peeling readily. Gills adnate, broad, forked at base; pale yellow. Stem 30-50 x 10-13mm; dull ochre bruising deep blood red. Flesh firm; pale yellow. Odor fetid to aromatic. Taste unpleasant, acrid, or astringent. Spores subglobose, 8-10.5 x 7.5-9µ; warts 0.9-1.4µ high, large and blunt, isolated. Deposit cream (A-C). Habitat in grass, sandy soil under oak. Found in Florida and New Jersey. Season July-August. Not edible. Comment This appears to be the first published picture of this little-known species, which is distinctive by the whole mushroom drying blood red with age.

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