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

Russula peckii Mushroom
Ref No: 8229
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location: North America
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Red or redish or pink
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

Russula peckii Singer.
Cap 3-10cm across, subglobose then convex then flattened-depressed; deep blood red to ruby red, often paler at disc; dry and dull, minutely velvety; peels about halfway. Gills close, broad, margin clearly serrated-crenulate; yellowish white
Stem 45-100 x 8-24mm, clavate; white flushed strongly old rose to bright pink; dry, dull. Flesh white. Odor not distinctive. Taste mild to bitter. Spores ovoid, 6.5-9.5 x 5.6-8.4µ; warts up to 1.2µ high, isolated to partially reticulate. Deposit white (A-B). Habitat in mixed woods. Found throughout northern and eastern North America. Season July-October. Not edible

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