Russula (unidentified), (unidentified brittlegill toadstools, russulas)


9 Aug 2001 at OSGR: SU56 in Berks, England

Record Summaryunder Oak
Found asFruitbody
Date9 August 2001
Associated organismQuercus robur
OS grid refOSGR: SU56
Lat/Lon51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W
Vice CountyBerks, VC no: 22
CountryEngland

Notes:

Under oak.

(Close to R. melliolens.)

Cap: pink, peeling "salmon"-"peach".

Gills: mild, crowded "D".

Spores "H"

Stipe: firm, white, tapered, unchanging

Fe+ weak, brown.

DCy: vermiform, 170µm or more, multiseptate, weakly staining.

DCy visible in Melzer’s, Congo Ref, Lactophenol Cotton Blue (which makes them wiggly or chain-of-sausages).

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