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

synonyms: Geriefter Weichtäubling
Russula nauseosa 2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8203
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Russula nauseosa Mushroom
Ref No: 8204
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Russula nauseosa3 Mushroom
Ref No: 8504
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Yellow, 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: Flesh granular or brittle
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Geriefter Weichtäubling. Russula nauseosa (Pers. ex Secr.) Fr. Cap 2–7cm across, convex, later flattening and finally with a shallow depression, wine coloured to red or often pale, washed-out colours, greyish rose, pale brownish, dull yellowish or tinged greenish, thin-fleshed, fragile, easily peeling; margin often shallowly warty and furrowed. Stem 20–75 x 5–15mm, white, often tinged brownish or yellowish, often narrow club-shaped, soft, fragile. Flesh white, stem often hollow. Taste mild or slightly hot. Gills almost free, saffron, thin, connected by veins at their bases. Spore print pale ochre to ochre (G–H). Spores ovoid to elliptic, with warts up to 1.2µ high, isolated or occasionally with fine lines attached, 7–11 x 6–9µ. Cap cystidia abundant, mainly club-shaped, with up to two septa. Habitat under conifers, possibly only in Scotland. Season late spring to early autumn. Rare. Edible – possibly best avoided due to its hot taste. Distribution, America and Europe.

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