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Russula sanguinea.
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| synonyms: Bloody Brittlegill, Blut-Täubling, Russule sanguine, Vérvörös galambgomba |
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| location: North America, Europe | | edibility: Inedible | | fungus colour: White to cream, Red or redish or pink | | normal size: 5-15cm | | cap type: Convex to shield shaped | | stem type: Simple stem | | flesh: Flesh discolours when cut, bruised or damaged, Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy), Flesh granular or brittle | | spore colour: White, cream or yellowish | | habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground |
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Russula sanguinea (Bull. ex St. Amans) Fr. Blut-Täubling, Vérvörös galambgomba, Russule sanguine, Bloody Brittlegill. Cap 5–10cm across, convex, later flattening or saucer-shaped, blood to purplish-red or rose, often with whitish areas, fleshy, rigid or even hard, peeling at margin only; surface soon dry and matt, rough or veined. Stem 40–100 x 10–30mm, white, pink or red, firm. Flesh white. Taste slightly to moderately hot, also sometimes bitter. Gills adnate-decurrent, cream or pale ochre, narrow, forking or with cross-connections. Spore print pale to deep cream (C–F). Spores ovoid with warts up to 1µ high, with very few connecting lines, 7–10 x 6–8µ. Cap cystidia cylindrical to narrow club-shaped, often teat-ended, with 0–2 septa, somewhat poorly reacting to SV. Habitat under conifers. Season summer to autumn. Occasional. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe. |
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Jewli Judd (United States) - 04 November 2015
here is another angle of my find in the Presidio:
is it a Russula sanguinaria?
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Dan Alvear (United States) - 12 March 2014
This is a pair of what seem to be Russula sanguinea with the leaf cover lifted off them. They seem to emerge already cracked and broken, without apparent disturbance.
Although the info on this site lists summer as their season, the San Francisco area has had an unusually warm and dry winter, with light rains only recently. This would be similar to normal summer weather here.
Yet, I grant to being absolutely no expert about mushrooms and would welcome being given correct identification of the ones in these three pictures.
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Dan Alvear (United States) - 12 March 2014
This pic shows what seems like a Russula Sanguinea pushing up through the pine needles/leaves cover.
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Dan Alvear (United States) - 12 March 2014
March 7, 2014: Hiking in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA and noticed a patch of vivid pinkish red flashes under the trees. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a patch of mushrooms that have strawberry red tops (no spots), lighter pink stems, and white "flesh". They're very thick and substantial, with irregular caps, but also seem extremely fragile. For example, they seem to fall apart right in place, without any apparent disturbance. In fact, many of them were already toppled over sideways. They even seem to emerge from under the leaf cover already broken.
The surrounding vegetation is mostly eucalyptus and pine trees, with some wild grasses.
Mr Taylor Lockwood of www.taylorlockwood.com helped me to identify it as a Russula. Further online searches seem to match it with Russula Sanguinea.
This picture shows one toppled sideways. A second one will be submitted showing it emerging and another with a pair.
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