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| location: North America |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Brown, Grey to beige |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Convex to shield shaped |
| stem type: Simple stem |
| flesh: Other |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground |
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Russula montana Schaef.
Cap 3.5-7cm across, convex-flattened, margin rarely striate; deep red to grayish red or reddish brown, sometimes with discolored areas; smooth; cuticle peels up to two-thirds cap radius. Gills fairly close, fragile; white. Stem 25-50 x 10-35mm, equal to clavate; white. Flesh soft; white. Odor none or slightly fruity. Taste strongly acrid. Spores subglucose, 7-10 x 6-8µ; warts up to 0.4µ high, with more or less complete reticulum. Deposit white to slightly cream (A-B). Habitat under conifers. Found in Colorado. Season July-August. Not edible. Comment Similar to Russula silvicola in the eastern states, but differing in its duller gray-red to brown-red cap |
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