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synonyms: Copper Brittlegill, Orangeroter Graustieltäubling, Russule décolorée, Tarkahúsú galambgomba
Russula decolorans 2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8143
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Russula decolorans 3 Mushroom
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Russula decolorans 4 Mushroom
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: Yellow, Red or redish or pink, Brown, Orange
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Simple stem
flesh: Flesh discolours when cut, bruised or damaged, Flesh granular or brittle, Mushroom slimy or sticky
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Russula decolorans (Fr.) Fr. Orangeroter Graustieltäubling, Tarkahúsú galambgomba, Russule décolorée, Copper Brittlegill
Cap 4.5–11cm across, subglobose at first then convex and flattening, finally with a depression, brownish red or orange, reddish sienna, tawny or cinnamon, staining black or brown, firm, sticky when moist, peeling at margin only; margin finally furrowed. Stem 45–100 x 10–25mm, white, greying strongly, firm, often with club-shaped base. Flesh thick, greying strongly on exposure. Taste mild. Gills adnexed, pale ochre, blackening, connected by veins at their bases. Spore print deep cream to pale ochre (E or F). Spores ovoid to elliptic with spines of various heights up to 1.5µ, mostly isolated but some connected by thin lines to form a very incomplete network with only 1–2 meshes, 9–14 x 7–12µ. Cap surface with numerous slightly club-shaped dermatocystidia with one or no septa. Habitat under conifers. Season summer to autumn. Uncommon in the UK – confined to the Highland region of Scotland. Edible. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous) Distribution, America and Europe.

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James Cruikshank (United States) - 12 August 2013

Russula declorans
Russula decolorans
James Cruikshank (United States) - 12 August 2013

I ate this one on a cheeseburger tonight.
Russula decolorans
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