Yellow-Gilled Russula (fused/mutated)

Description:

cap is up to 7cm wide, convex, smooth, bright yellow, sticky to the touch. older specimens have a planar cap with a depressed center with small radiating furrow-lines at the cap-edges. gills are brittle, yellow and attached directly to the stem. flesh is white, fragile, does not change color when bruised. stem is smooth, dry, white, non-tapering, not bruising grey. grows in groups or scattered under paper birch and other hardwoods. appears in summer and fall ( http://northernbushcraft.com/mushrooms/y... )

Habitat:

location: North America, Europe edibility: Edible fungus colour: Yellow normal size: 5-15cm cap type: Convex to shield shaped stem type: Simple stem flesh: 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 Russula lutea (Huds. ex Fr.) S.F. Gray. Weicher Dottertäubling, Russule jaune. Cap 2–7cm across, convex, later flattening or with a saucer-shaped depression, often entirely golden or egg-yolk yellow, but sometimes apricot, peach, flesh coloured or coral in part or entirely, thin-fleshed, rather fragile, three-quarters to almost totally peeling. Stem 20–60 x 5–15mm, white, cylindrical or club-shaped, soft, fragile. Flesh white. Taste mild, smell nil when young, later fruity and suggesting apricots. Gills deep saffron, strongly interlined. Spore print ochre (H). Spores ovoid-elliptic with warts up to 1µ high, mostly isolated, very occasionally joined by a line, 7.5–9 x 6–8µ. Cap cystidia absent; hyphae staining in fuchsin abundant, strongly encrusted, other hyphae often with club-shaped termination or with a round head (capitate). Habitat under broad-leaved trees. Season summer to early autumn. Frequent. Edible. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous) Distribution, America and Europe ( http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/D... )

Notes:

The cap is 2–7 cm across, convex, flattening on the edges and creating a saucer-shaped depression. The cap is usually golden or yellow, but sometimes is apricot, peach, or coral colored either partly or entirely. It is thin-fleshed and rather fragile. The stem is 20–60 x 5–15 mm, white and cylindrical, and is soft and fragile. The flesh is white with a mild taste. There is no smell when young, later the smell is fruity. The gills are deep saffron color and strongly interlined. The spore print is ochre. The spores are ovoid-elliptic with warts up to 1 micrometre high ( wikipedia ), ( http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Li... )- two (more specific 2 sp.) specimen, 1 meter apart, one: normal, as it should be, and one: (two) fused together. !!