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Russula amethystina



Russula amethystina

Russula amethystina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Homobasidiomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Russulaceae
Genus: Russula
Species: R. amethystina
Binomial name
Russula amethystina
Quélet (1897)
Russula amethystina
mycological characteristics:
 
gills on hymenium
 

cap is flat

 

hymenium is free

 

stipe is bare

 

spore print is white

 

ecology is mycorrhizal

 

edibility: edible

Russula amethystina is a conspicuous mushroom, which appears sporadically from mid-summer until the autumn under spruce and fir trees. In Northern Europe, it is very rare. It is edible, but not very easy to distinguish from similarly coloured Russula species, and practically identical to Russula turci from which it can only be distinguished by microscopic differences in spore texture. A mistake would not be very grave, however, since there are no deadly poisonous mushrooms in the genus Russula[citation needed]

Description

  • The cap can be up to 12 cm in diameter and varies in colour between violet, lilac, wine-red and wine-red-brown.
  • The cap skin can be pulled off from the edge, right to the centre.
  • The gills are from cream to bright yellow. Spore print is cream to light orange.
  • The hollow stipe is initially white, later becoming yellowish or brownish.

References

  • This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding German Wikipedia article as of 2006-05-29.
  • J.H. Petersen and J. Vesterholt (eds.) (1990). Danske storsvampe. Basidiesvampe". Gyldendal. Viborg, Denmark. ISBN 87-01-09932-9. 
  • Image from the Russulales news web site
 
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Russula_amethystina". A list of authors is available in Wikipedia.
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