Rogers Mushrooms - Russula perlactea Mushroom


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

Ref No: 8232
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location: North America

edibility: Inedible

fungus colour: White to cream

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 perlactea Murrill.
Cap 3-8cm across, soon flattened-depressed; pure white with a creamy yellow center; dry, smooth. Gills close; broad; white. Stem 25-80 x 10-15mm, fragile; white. Flesh white. Odor pleasant. Taste instantly, painfully hot. Spores ovoid, 9-10 x 7-8.5ľ; warts 0.7-1.3ľ high, mostly isolated with a few fine connectives. Deposit white (A). Habitat in mixed woods. Found in New York and New Jersey. Season September-October. Not edible. Comment A beautiful species easily recognized by the combination of white cap and hot taste.


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