''Russula rosea'' (
synonym
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''Russula lepida''), known as the rosy russula, is a north temperate, commonly found mushroom of the large "brittlegill" genus ''
Russula''.
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; some consider it edible, others inedible.
Russula rosea Pers. - Rosy Brittlegill
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This mushroom is commonly found in coniferous
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forests or near beech
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trees.
Similar species
The rare '' Russula pseudointegra'' 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.
See also
* List of ''Russula'' species
References
*E. Garnweidner. ''Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Europe''. Collins. 1994
External links
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Fungi described in 1796
Fungi of Europe
Fungus species
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