Russula pseudointegra Arn and Goris. Ockerblättriger Zinnobertäubling, Russule fausse Integra, Scarlet Brittlegill. Cap 4–10cm across, convex, later flattening, scarlet red to coral, sometimes with cream or whitish areas, fleshy, slightly sticky at first, later dry, sometimes slightly powdered, one- to two-thirds peeling. Stem 30–70 x 15–30mm, white. Flesh white. Taste slightly bitter, eventually with a suggestion of hotness, smell slightly of geranium with a touch of menthol. Gills free, pale golden yellow to saffron. Spore print pale ochre (F–G). Spores subglobose with warts up to 0.7µ high, some isolated, mainly joined by fine lines forming a rather incomplete network, 7–9 x 6.5–8µ. Cap cystidia absent, long, rather wide, hyphae with incrustations staining in fuchsin abundant. Habitat under broad-leaved trees especially oak on clay soils. Season summer to autumn. Occasional. Edible but bitter -avoid. Found In Europe. |