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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Edible |
| fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Orange |
| 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 |
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Russula roseipes (Seer.) Bres.
Cap 4-7cm across, convex then flatter with a central depression; rosy pink to orange-rose, often with tiny whitish spots, fading with age; dry, dull, pruinose. Gills subdistant; white. Stem 30-60 x 5-l0mm, clavate; white speckled with rose-pink. Flesh soft; white. Odor pleasant. Taste mild. Spores ovoid, 7.5-9.5 x 6-8µ; warts below 0.5µ, high. Deposit deep yellow (E-F). Habitat under deciduous trees. Common. Found in Europe and eastern North America. Season July-September. Edible. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) |
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