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| location: North America |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: White to cream, Brown |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Convex to shield shaped |
| stem type: Simple stem |
| flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy), Flesh granular or brittle, Mushroom slimy or sticky |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground |
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Russula polyphylla Pk. syn. Russula magnifica Pk.
Cap 8-20cm across, soon a flattened funnel shape; white to ivory, with darker brown crusty squamules at center; viscid when wet. Gills very close, thin; white with pinkish flush. Stem 50-120 x 15-35mm; white staining pale brownish pink. Flesh firm; white. Odor very pungent alkaline, even when dried. Taste strong, unpleasant, alkaline. Spores ovoid-ellipsoid, 7-9 x 5.5-7µ; warts 0.1-0.4µ, high, isolated, spores often appear almost smooth. Deposit white (A-B). Habitat in beech and oak woods. Very uncommon. Found in New York and New Jersey. Season July-August. Not edible. |
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