Russula aeruginea    Lindblad ex Fr. 

common name(s) : Green Brittlegill, Verdigris Russula 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Incertae sedis/Russulales/Russulaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Russulales/Russulaceae  

synonyms: Russula graminicolor 

edibility : discard

photo gallery of  Russula aeruginea
photo gallery of  Russula aeruginea potential confusions with  Russula aeruginea toxicity of Russula aeruginea genus Russula  

The cap is grey-green to yellowish-greenish; its margin is striate. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is white, without ring.

The flesh is unchanging; its taste is mild to peppery; the odour is not distinctive; its texture is grainy (breaking like a chalk stick).

The gills are cream to yellowish, free to adnate, crowded . The spore print is cream. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, in broad-leaved and coniferous woods, with birch.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 8 cm (between 3.5 and 15 cm)
  height of stem approximately 6 cm (between 3 and 9 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 14 mm (between 7 and 25 mm)

Chemical tests : flesh slightly pinkish when in contact with iron sulphate; cap cystidia turning with sulpho-vanillin; strong positive reaction to Gaïac.

Distinctive features : greenish-yellow cap; white flesh; brittle gills; stained with rust in bruises, gills or stem; often with birch

Russula aeruginea is infrequent and widely present in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Russula aeruginea in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Russula aeruginea in the forest of Rambouillet



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