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Description:

Bright red cap.cream colour gills.white stem.gills are fine.cap is sticky .stem is spongy inside has purple stain on outside. Spore colour white

Habitat:

Woods

1 Species ID Suggestions

Russula
Russula


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4 Comments

SabinNeatu
SabinNeatu 11 years ago

Could be a Russula lepida, seeing that the stem has purple stains.

KeithRoragen
KeithRoragen 12 years ago

Very similar to a mushroom I spotted the other day. The suggestions here give me something to go on. Thanks everybody.

shebebusynow
shebebusynow 12 years ago

possibly Russula rosacea aka Russula sanguinea

EricEllison
EricEllison 12 years ago

some kind of russula..

c.moore1207
Spotted by
c.moore1207

Illinois, USA

Spotted on Aug 29, 2011
Submitted on Aug 29, 2011

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