Russula melliolens    Quél. 



New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Incertae sedis/Russulales/Russulaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Russulales/Russulaceae  
(unconfirmed synonyms: Russula meliolens)  

edibility : inedible

photo gallery of Russula melliolens
photo gallery of Russula melliolens potential confusions with Russula melliolens toxicity of Russula melliolens genus Russula  

The cap is bright dark red to copper red.

its texture is grainy (breaking like a chalk stick).

The gills are . It grows on the ground.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 9 cm (between 4 and 12 cm)
  height of stem approximately 7 cm (between 3 and 10 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 20 mm (between 10 and 30 mm)


Russula melliolens is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Russula melliolens in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Russula melliolens in the forest of Rambouillet



page updated on 14/01/18