Russula subfoetens W.G. Sm., (least stinking brittlegill)


21 Sep 2002 at OSGR: SU76 in North Hants, England

Record Summaryunder Birch
Found asFruitbody
Date21 September 2002
Associated organismBetula
OS grid refOSGR: SU76
Lat/Lon51° 20’ N, 0° 60’ W
Vice CountyNorth Hants, VC no: 12
CountryEngland
Voucher21 Sep 2002[C]
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Notes:

Cap: 75, 9cm diam.

Smell: bitter almonds.

Taste: gills nasty then hot.

Stem flesh + KOH: pink then rusty.

Cap flesh + KOH: yellowish in one spot, elsewhere unchanged.

Stem: discoloured where handled.

Spore print: BFF: "D", Kibby: "C"

Kibby: CIKNQSV

Spores: with warts c. 0.6µm high.

Dermatocystidia: cylindric, SV-, eg 75µm long.

[ 'BFF' = British Fungus Flora colour chart ]

The following literature was used to identify this find:

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