Hygrophorus russula
| Hygrophorus russula | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hygrophoraceae |
| Genus: | Hygrophorus |
| Species: | H. russula
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| Binomial name | |
| Hygrophorus russula | |
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Hygrophorus russula, commonly known as the pinkmottle woodwax, false russula, or russula-like waxy cap,[2] is a fungus native to North America and Europe.[3]
German naturalist
The fruit bodies, or mushrooms, can be abundant some years, especially after rainfall, sometimes appearing in arcs or fairy rings.[2] The cap is hemispherical before flattening out with age, though the cap margin remains inrolled. Reaching 5–12 cm (2–4+3⁄4 in) in diameter, it has a base colour of white or pink with streaks of pink, wine-red or purple.[6] The cap surface is sticky when young. The firm flesh is pink or white and has no strong taste or smell. The crowded gills are decurrent. White when young, they become discoloured with pink and wine-red stains. The stipe is 2–10 cm (3⁄4–4 in) high and 1.5–3.5 cm (1⁄2–1+1⁄2 in) wide. The spore print is white, the smooth oval spores measuring 6–8 by 3–5 μm under the microscope.[7][6]
It can be distinguished from russulas by its non-brittle stipe.[8] The edible but poor Hygrophorus purpurascens is similar but has a veil and grows under conifers.[9]
In eastern North America, it appears under oak from August to October.[7] It is more common in the east of the continent than the west.[8]
The mushroom is edible but sources differ as to its quality.[2][7][10][6]
Hygrophorus russula | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex |
 | Hymenium is adnate or decurrent |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is white |
 | Edibility is choice or edible |
See also
References
- ^ "Fungorum synonymy: Hygrophorus russula". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ^ ISBN 9781587297250.
- ISBN 9789061919711.
- ^ Schaeffer JC. (1774). Fungorum qui in Bavaria et Palatinatu Nascuntur Icones (in Latin). Vol. 1. p. 58.
- ^ a b Kauffman CH (1918). The Agaricaceae of Michigan. Publications Mich. geol. biol. Surv., Biol. Ser. 5 26. Lansing, Michigan: Wynkoop, Hallenbeck Crawford Co. p. 185.
- ^ OCLC 797915861.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8156-0388-7.
- ^ ISBN 0-89815-169-4.
- ISBN 0-8131-9039-8.
- ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
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