Russula xerampelina isn't it. Way too brown. The color on the photo shows pretty much the original color. The Sickener is too bright red and the velenovskyi is the only other red one (in Europe). I still believe it is the right one.
Decoloration doesn't necessarily mean that color has to fade into white - it just means that color reduces itself in saturation.
russula xerampelina (crab brittlegill or shrimp mushroom) seems a good
candidate. The identification key is that it smells to shell fish.
The pictures in
http://www.asturnatura.com/fotografia/setas-hongos/russula-xerampelina-schaeff-fr/6012.html
are very similar
I've seen in a guide that Russula velenovsky should decolorate in the center.
In your second pic looks the opposite. These red russulas are very complicated. Maybe is a different one ;)
check http://www.asturnatura.com/fotografia/setas-hongos/russula-velenovskyi-melzer-zvara-2/3566.html
Sorry it is in spanish
Yesterday I buy a magazine photo. (Hunter Image) They talk about "macro-landscape" style, that is gaining popularity. This is a good example of macro-landscape . Your photo is very beautiful I add to my favorites now.:) congratulation
Thanks arlanda for the help - and I think you nearly hit it.
I spotted it in beechwoods and this makes me quite sure that it's a Russula velenovskyi (Ziegelroter Täubling in German, which means in English "brick-red" - I checked the google-picture-directory and it appears to fit.
The best way to distinguish them is by their consistency: unlike other mushrooms, Russulas have a distinctive flesh consistency, an uncommon brittleness.
It is difficult to distinguish different species; odour and taste play an important role.
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