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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Edible |
| fungus colour: Green, Violet or purple, Brown, Black or blackish |
| 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 vinosobrunnea (Bres.) Romagnesi. Cap 5-13cm across, convex; fleshy, firm; deep purple-brown to blackish purple or even olivaceous; cap cuticle hardly peeling. Gills rather close, strongly interveined; yellow-ochre, edge often purple. Stem 35-80 x 10-30mm, equal; white, flushed rose or reddish in part. Flesh thick, firm; white. Odor pleasant. Taste mild. Spores ovoid, 7-10 x 6-8µ; warts up to 1.5µ high, connectives irregular, rarely forming a reticulum. Deposit clear ochre (F-G). Habitat under mixed woods. Found in Europe and western North America. Season September-November. 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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