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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Yellow, Red or redish or pink, Violet or purple |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Convex to shield shaped |
| stem type: Simple stem |
| flesh: Flesh discolours when cut, bruised or damaged, Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy), Flesh granular or brittle |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground |
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Russula seperina Dupain.
Cap 5-10cm across; purplish red to ochraceous at the center; smooth, margin striate; peels halfway. Gills close; pale ochre, blackening. Stem50-60 x 10-20mm; white, bruising pinkish red then black. Flesh white, reddening, then gray or black. Odor slightly fishy. Taste mild. Spores ellipsoid, 8-9.5 x 6.7-8µ; warts 0.5- 1µ high, with well developed connectives. Deposit deep ochre (G-H). Habitat in mixed woods. Found in northern New York State. Season August. Comment This is a European species, but the specimens illustrated agreed in all essential details with European descriptions. Edibility not known. |
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