Russula puellaris Fr. |
The cap is with variable shades : pinkish brown or copper to yellow (yellowing), convex then expanded and finally a bit depressed; its margin is striate. The cap surface is smooth, sticky when damp. The stem is white, becoming yellow with age, without ring. The flesh is white, yellowing when exposed to air; its taste is mild; the odour is very weak; its texture is grainy (breaking like a chalk stick). The gills are cream to yellowish, adnexed, crowded (nb of gills per 90° ~ 27 ). The spore print is pale ochre (D-E). This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, in damp places of broad-leaved or coniferous woods, on a rather variable soil, with pine, spruce, Douglas pine, or various deciduous trees. The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Chemical tests : flesh becoming salmon pink when in contact with iron sulphate; quick reaction to Gaïac (bright blue); strong purple reaction of cap cystidia to sulpho-vanillin. Distinctive features : Gills white, then yellow when mature; soft white flesh turning yellow (ochre) when bruised or cut; cap surface with reddish shades, shiny for a long time; with a distinctively striate margin; slightly sticky when damp Russula puellaris is quite rare and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking . | ||
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