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Photo by Kai.Lopez
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Field Notes

Description:

Fungi spotted during my trip to Alaska during August 2009.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)

This looks Russula Emetica - The Sickener. There is an unorthodox and unrecommended way of finding this out (I don't recommend this). This mushroom is called Sickener because it makes you sick if you eat it. Most of the Russula mushrooms have a fade flowery taste, these are edible. The ones that are poisonous have a bitter taste. The Sickener also has a bitter taste.
You are welcome Kai.Lopez,very nice find,this is a russula speciesbut russulas are very hard to id,only with microscopy photos of the spores,so this one you can id him as a Red russula in common name and Russula species on scientific name
Thank you very much for the information!
Welcome to Project Noah, Kai.Lopez Nice spotting,you have here 3 fungi species,you have to make 3 spottings,one for each species,you only can post one species for spotting,ok? We hope you like the site as much we do; there are many features you can explore: We invite you to go to http://www.projectnoah.org/faq where you will find the purpose and “rules” of Project Noah. There is a blog http://blog.projectnoah.org/ where we post articles from spotters with special insight into different organisms. There are also the chats for help with identification, and to comment on your own and others’ spottings. Look at the global and local missions to put your spottings into: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions Enjoy yourself here, see you around!
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2014

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