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| location: North America |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Orange |
| 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 |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground |
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Russula silvicola Shaffer.
Cap 2-8cm across, convex to flattened; bright red to pinkish red, reddish orange; smooth, dry; peeling easily. Gills close, broad; white. Stem 20-80 x 4-15mm, clavate; white. Flesh soft; white. Odor fruity. Taste very hot. Spores broadly ovoid, 6-10.7 x 5.3-9µ; warts up to 1.2µ high, partial to complete reticulum. Deposit white (A). Habitat in mixed woods, often on rotten logs. Very common. Found throughout northern and eastern North America. Season July-October. Not edible |
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