Russula cutefracta

Russula cutefracta Cooke

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Incertae sedis/Russulales/Russulaceae
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Russulales/Russulaceae

synonyms: Russula cyanoxantha-cutefracta

edibility : edible

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The cap is violaceous or olive green. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The flesh is unchanging; its taste is mild; its texture is grainy (breaking like a chalk stick).

The gills are free, crowded . The spore print is whitish. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, under broad-leaved trees, with oak, chestnut.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.

Dimensions:	width of cap approximately 8 cm (between 4 and 12 cm)
	height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 3 and 8 cm)
	thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 20 mm (between 10 and 30 mm)

Chemical tests : faint or no reaction to iron sulphate; positive reaction to Gaïac (blue);.

Distinctive features : cracked cap at margin; flesh with mild taste; flexible, not brittle, gills; no colour change when in contact with iron sulphate; only with deciduous trees

Russula cutefracta is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .

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Above : distribution map of Russula cutefracta in the forest of Rambouillet

page updated on 14/01/18