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

synonyms: Rosentäubling, Rosy Brittlegill
Russula rosea Mushroom
Ref No: 8256
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Russula rosea2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8257
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location: Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: White to cream, Red or redish or pink
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Simple stem
flesh: Flesh granular or brittle
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Russula rosea Fr. apud Quél.
Rosentäubling, Rosy Brittlegill.
Cap 4–9cm across, convex, later flattening, red or pink, usually with cream centre or entirely so, moderately thick-fleshed, moderately firm, at most half peeling, dry, shiny or matt, sometimes powdered. Stem 40–70 x 10–20mm, white, fairly fragile to somewhat firm, powdered at first, especially above; surface carmine with SV, especially when dry (distinguishes this species). Flesh white. Taste mild. Gills nearly free, pale cream, abundantly forked especially near stem. Spore print pale cream (B). Spores ovoid with warts up to 0.5µ high, with few connecting lines, no network, 6–8 x 5–6.5µ. Cap cystidia absent, narrow hyphae with incrustations staining in fuchsin present. Habitat under broad-leaved trees. Season summer to early autumn. Frequent. Edible.(Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Found In Europe.

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