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Russula emetica

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Field Notes

Description:

His mushroom has a hat between 5 and 10 centimeters globose early stage , which opens and becomes convex and subsequently flattened . Your cuticle is smooth , shiny and viscous , of a color ranging from blood red and scarlet , sometimes with ocráceos tones. The blades are attached or free , spaced and thin, with partial sheets. They are white which becomes creamy when aged. The foot is cylindrical , and is between 4 and 9 cm long . It is white , is full in the juvenile stage and becomes brittle in cavernous and mature specimens . The meat is soft , white with reddish tones in the hat , fruity smell and spicy taste .

Habitat:

Sierra Gorda, Queretaro.

Notes:

Russula emetica , or emetic rúsula , it is a basidiomycete fungus, the Russulaceae family.] grows in pine forests, and mushroom, or fruiting body , emerges from mid-summer to mid- autumn. His basionym is Agaricus emeticus Schaeff . 1774 , and the specific epithet , emetica , means " revolting "

Species ID Suggestions

Emetic rusula

Russula emetica

Comments (1)

ClaudiaIvonneSosa . thank you for identifying this red mushroom . best regards
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PublishedAugust 13, 2016

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