Russula aeruginea Lindblad ex Fr. |
The cap is grey-green to yellowish-greenish; its margin is striate. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky. The stem is white, without ring. The flesh is unchanging; its taste is mild to peppery; the odour is not distinctive; its texture is grainy (breaking like a chalk stick). The gills are cream to yellowish, free to adnate, crowded . The spore print is cream. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, in broad-leaved and coniferous woods, with birch. The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Chemical tests : flesh slightly pinkish when in contact with iron sulphate; cap cystidia turning with sulpho-vanillin; strong positive reaction to Gaïac. Distinctive features : greenish-yellow cap; white flesh; brittle gills; stained with rust in bruises, gills or stem; often with birch Russula aeruginea is infrequent and widely present in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking . | ||
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