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synonyms: Blackening Brittlegill, Dickblättriger Schwarztäubling, Russule noircissante, Szenes galambgomba
Russula nigricans 2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8205
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Russula nigricans Mushroom
Ref No: 8206
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Russula nigricans3 Mushroom
Ref No: 8448
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Russula nigricans 6 Mushroom
Ref No: 21326
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: White to cream, Brown, Black or blackish, Grey to beige
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
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Russula nigricans (Bull. ex Mérat) Fr. Blackening Russula, Russule noircissante, Dickblättriger Schwarztäubling, Szenes galambgomba, rossola nereggiante, Grofplaatrussula.
Cap 5–20cm across, convex, soon with a deep depression, dirty white, becoming brown and finally black, dry, fleshy, three-quarters peeling; margin incurved at first. Stem 30–80 x 10–40mm, white, then dull brown and or red, finally black, hard. Flesh white, becoming red on exposure and finally grey to black. Taste slowly hot, smell fruity. Gills adnate, straw to olive, greyish rose on bruising, eventually black, very thick and widely spaced, brittle, with numerous shorter gills between them. Spore print white (A). Spores ovoid with small warts under 0.5µ high, mostly connected by fine lines to form a fairly well-developed, but partial network, 7–8 x 6–7µ. No cap cystidia. Habitat under broad-leaved trees and conifers. Season summer to late autumn. Very common. Edible but poor in taste (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Distribution, America and Europe.

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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 14 January 2010

Russula nigricans 6
Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 14 January 2010

Russula nigricans 6
Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 06 May 2009

Hungarian name, Szenes galambgomba
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