Russula decolorans (Fr.) Fr. 1838 articles

Associations

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Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza
fruitbody of Russula decolorans is ectomycorrhizal with live root of Pinus sylvestris (native Scottish form)
Remarks: Other: uncertain

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Comprehensive Description

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Russula decolorans Fries, Epicr. Myc. 361. 1838
Agaricus decolorans Fries, Syst. Myc. 1: 56. 1821. Russulina decolorans Schrot. Krypt.-Fl. Schles. 3^: 551. 1889.
Pileus globose, becoming plane with the center slightly depressed, up to 10 cm. broad; surface varying from light-red to coppery-orange, bronzy-old-rose, or salmon, the center often ocher, fading, viscid when moist, pellicle partly separable, glabrous; margin even, becoming striate with age: context white, becoming cinereous with age or where injured, firm, becoming fragile with age, the taste mild; lamellae white, becoming maize-yellow, somewhat gray in drying, equal, some forking next to the stipe, venoseconnected, acute at the inner ends and broad at the outer, rather broad, close; stipe white, becoming cinereous, nearly equal, firm, becoming spongy, 6-9 cm. long, 1.5-3 cm. thick: spores pitchpin, subglobose, coarsely echinu-
late, 8.5-9 X 10.5 ju.
Type locality: Sweden.
Habitat: In coniferous or mixed woods.
Distribution: New England to I^ong Island and west to Michigan; also in Europe.

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bibliographic citation: William Alphonso MurrilI, Gertrude Simmons BurIingham, Leigh H Pennington, John Hendly Barnhart. 1907-1916. (AGARICALES); POLYPORACEAE-AGARICACEAE. North American flora. vol 9. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY

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Russula decolorans

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Russula decolorans is an edible Russula mushroom found in groups in coniferous forests.

Description

The cap is convex, with a depressed centre when old, often brick-red and slippery when young. The cap grows up to 10 cm. The flesh is white and turns grey when old. It has a mild taste. The spores are pale ochre.

Uses

The edible mushroom^[1] is commonly harvested for food in Finland.^[2]

References

^ Phillips, Roger (2010) [2005]. Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
^ Ohenoja, Esteri; Koistinen, Riitta (1984). "Fruit body production of larger fungi in Finland. 2: Edible fungi in northern Finland 1976—1978". Annales Botanici Fennici. 21 (4): 357–66. JSTOR 23726151.

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Russula decolorans: Brief Summary