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Mosco

Russula emetica

Description:

His mushroom has a hat between 5 and 10 centimeters globose early stage , which opens and becomes convex and subsequently flattened . Your cuticle is smooth , shiny and viscous , of a color ranging from blood red and scarlet , sometimes with ocráceos tones. The blades are attached or free , spaced and thin, with partial sheets. They are white which becomes creamy when aged. The foot is cylindrical , and is between 4 and 9 cm long . It is white , is full in the juvenile stage and becomes brittle in cavernous and mature specimens . The meat is soft , white with reddish tones in the hat , fruity smell and spicy taste .

Habitat:

Sierra Gorda, Queretaro.

Notes:

Russula emetica , or emetic rúsula , it is a basidiomycete fungus, the Russulaceae family.] grows in pine forests, and mushroom, or fruiting body , emerges from mid-summer to mid- autumn. His basionym is Agaricus emeticus Schaeff . 1774 , and the specific epithet , emetica , means " revolting "

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1 Comment

Nacho Garcia
Nacho Garcia 7 years ago


ClaudiaIvonneSosa . thank you for identifying this red mushroom . best regards

Nacho Garcia
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Nacho Garcia

Querétaro, Mexico

Spotted on Aug 13, 2016
Submitted on Aug 13, 2016

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