Russula parazurea Jül. Schäff |
The cap is blue green to grey blue, greenish brown; its margin is smooth. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky. The stem is white stained with ochre, without ring. The flesh is unchanging; its taste is mild; its texture is grainy (breaking like a chalk stick). The gills are cream, free, crowded . The spore print is pale cream. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, under broad-leaved trees, most of the time with oak or beech, sometimes pine, lime. The fruiting period takes place from June to November.
Chemical tests : negative or fast pale brownish pink reaction when in contact with iron sulphate; slow reaction to Gaïac; moderate purple reaction purple of cap cystidia to sulpho-vanillin. Distinctive features : matt and pruinose, blue grey to blue green cap; bruised or eaten areas not washed with red; white then cream gills; mild taste Russula parazurea is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking . | ||
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