Russula brunneoviolacea Crawshay |
The cap is violet; its margin is striate. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky. The stem is white, washed with brown, without ring. The flesh is unchanging; its taste is mild; its texture is grainy (breaking like a chalk stick). The gills are cream, free to emarginate, crowded . The spore print is cream. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, under broad-leaved trees, on a rather acid soil, with oak, beech. The fruiting period takes place from June to November.
Chemical tests : flesh becoming quite bright pale orange when in contact with iron sulphate; quick reaction to Gaïac (bright blue-green);. Distinctive features : purple to dark wine coloured cap, with red stains (use lens); white stem, turning yellow when touched or cut; mild taste; gills and spore print cream Russula brunneoviolacea is infrequent and widely present in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking . | ||
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