Russula rosea
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Russula rosea otherwise known as the Rosy Russula is an inedible, commonly found mushroom of the genus Russula
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The cap is convex when young, later flat, mostly bright cinnabar to carmine red; often with yellow spots and up to 10 cm in diameter.
The gills are pale straw-yellow, brittle, and occasionally with a red edge at the rim of the cap. The spores are pale-cream.
The stem is usually flushed carmine, but can be pure white. The flesh is hard and bitter tasting.
This mushroom is commonly found in coniferous forests or near beech
trees.
is distinguished by its hot tasting flesh. red-stemmed forms of R.rosea could also be confused with Russula xerampelina
, but the latter has softer flesh and no woody flavour.
Russula
Around 750 worldwide species of mycorrhizal mushrooms compose the genus Russula. They are typically common, fairly large, and brightly colored - making them one of the most recognizable genera among mycologists and mushroom collectors...
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The cap is convex when young, later flat, mostly bright cinnabar to carmine red; often with yellow spots and up to 10 cm in diameter.
The gills are pale straw-yellow, brittle, and occasionally with a red edge at the rim of the cap. The spores are pale-cream.
The stem is usually flushed carmine, but can be pure white. The flesh is hard and bitter tasting.
This mushroom is commonly found in coniferous forests or near beech
Beech
Beech is a genus of ten species of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Europe, Asia and North America.-Habit:...
trees.
Similar species
The rare Russula pseudointegraRussula pseudointegra
Russula pseudointegra is an inedible, quite rare mushroom of the genus Russula, with a similar habitat and appearance to Russula rosea.Russula pseudointegra is distinguished by its hot tasting flesh.-References:...
is distinguished by its hot tasting flesh. red-stemmed forms of R.rosea could also be confused with Russula xerampelina
Russula xerampelina
Russula xerampelina, also commonly known as the crab brittlegill or the shrimp mushroom, is a basidiomycete mushroom of the brittlegill genus Russula. Two subspecies are recognised. The fruiting bodies appear in coniferous woodlands in autumn in northern Europe and North America. Their caps are...
, but the latter has softer flesh and no woody flavour.