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

synonyms: Ockerblättriger Zinnobertäubling, Russule fausse Integra, Scarlet Brittlegill
Russula pseudointegra Mushroom
Ref No: 8241
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Russula pseudointegra2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8242
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Red or redish or pink
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

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.

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