| Russula pseudointegra Arnould & Goris ex Maire |
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common name(s) : Scarlet Brittlegill
edibility : discard
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The cap is scarlet red, red-rose to coral, often with cream patches, hemispherical then convex ; its margin is smooth. The cap surface is smooth, viscid on young specimens. The stem is white, without ring. The flesh is white to greyish, unchanging; its taste is bitter to acrid; the odour is of geranium or menthol, or blackberry jam; its texture is grainy (breaking like a chalk stick). The gills are cream then golden yellow or saffron, sometimes with orange shades, free, crowded (nb of gills per 90° ~ 40 ). The spore print is pale ochre (F-G). This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, under broad-leaved trees, on damp clayey soil or in the mud, most of the time with oak. The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Chemical tests : faint or no reaction when in contact with iron sulphate; faint or no reaction to Gaïac;. Distinctive features : regular, bright red-pink cap, with ochre patches; flesh with bitter to acrid taste; gills yellow when mature; white stem, with a marrow inside like bread when old; odour of fruit with a touch of menthol; with damp broad-leaved trees or in mud Russula pseudointegra is quite rare and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking . | ||
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