Russula velenovskyi Melzer & Zvara. Rehbrauner Täubling, Russule de Velanovsky, Coral Brittlegill. Cap 3–8cm across, almost globose at first, then flattening and with a depression, often with a low umbo, red, coral, brick, wine- or flesh-coloured, pale ochre or buff in places, fleshy, two-thirds peeling. Stem 30–60 x 10–15mm, white, often tinged pink especially near base, firm, powdered above. Flesh white. Taste mild. Gills almost free, cream. Spore print deep cream (E–F). Spores ovoid with warts up to 0.7µ high, with a very few thin lines, 6.5–9 x 5.5–7.5µ. Cap cystidia sparse, mostly cylindrical, sometimes with septa, occasionally narrow club-shaped, with sparse granules staining in fuchsin. Habitat under broad-leaved trees and pine. Season summer to autumn. Occasional. Edible. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Found In Europe. |