Russula nauseosa (Pers.) Fr. |
common name(s) : Nauseous Brittlegill
synonyms: Russula chamaeleontina ss.Lge. edibility : discard
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The cap is violaceous to pale red, convex, then flattened, then eventually depressed at the centre; its margin is striate. The cap surface is smooth, shiny. The stem is white washed with brownish, without ring. The flesh is white, unchanging; its taste is mild; its texture is grainy (breaking like a chalk stick). The gills are yellowish, almost free, interveined, crowded . The spore print is pale ochre to ochre. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, in coniferous woods, under spruce. The fruiting period takes place from June to November.
Chemical tests : flesh becoming pale pink when in contact with iron sulphate; positive reaction to Gaïac (bright blue);. Distinctive features : slightly acrid taste; saffron gills; with conifers in the mountains Russula nauseosa is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .
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