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<i>Russula rosea</i>

Russula rosea

Species of fungus

Russula rosea (synonym Russula lepida), known as the rosy russula, is a north temperate, commonly found mushroom of the large "brittlegill" genus Russula.

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The cap is convex when young, later flat, mostly bright cinnabar to carmine red; often with yellow spots and up to 10 cm in diameter. The gills are pale straw-yellow, brittle, and occasionally with a red edge at the rim of the cap. The spores are pale-cream. The stem is usually flushed carmine, but can be pure white. The flesh is hard and bitter-tasting; some consider it edible, others inedible.[1]

This mushroom is commonly found in coniferous forests[citation needed] or near beech trees.

Similar species

The rare Russula pseudointegra is distinguished by its hot-tasting flesh. Red-stemmed forms of R. rosea could also be confused with Russula xerampelina, but the latter has softer flesh and no woody flavour.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Russula rosea Pers. - Rosy Brittlegill
  • E. Garnweidner. Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Europe. Collins. 1994


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