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Found in sandy soil with pine trees... Maybe Russula torulosa Bres. or Russula emetica, both are not very common in DK (I can't see that they normally are found were I found it)
Spotted on Oct 16, 2008
Submitted on Mar 13, 2012
9 Comments
me too jeannette !! i especially entered SOIL & debris (russulas aren't on wood/trees), on your picture is gras to see (beneath should lay soil). russulas are mychorizal (means the mycelium is kind of in symbiosis with the root of trees),So i don't know where the pine-trees are but roots can spread relativly far.! you have to decide it is your call. :) good luck
Thank you very much Alex :)
I am still confused, as your results doesn't grow in the enviroment where I found mine...
hi jeannette.This spotting and the other 3 (all 4 red russulas, could be the same if you found them, not further apart than 1km) i gone through the danish key with some average options for russulas:
pilus=funnelshaped
p-surface= without structure
p-color= type red
p-= dry
stripecolor= white
= ring absent
lamellae= decurent
l-color = white
l-= medium !
spore=white
ecology= on sol and debris ---
RESULT: first R. luteotacta and then R. mairei and some others.
try it yourself again, you can use above mentioned features and surely improve some little detail out of your memory. Good luck (btw: for that you're lost, have you guessed very well, [have seen amanitas suggested as ink caps]) :)
Thank you Alex :)
I am a little lost because I also only have the photos, I have a book I look through trying to compare this way, because I haven't any observations about the things you need when you ID fungus. I can certently use the link in the future but these old photos are difficult I think...
What about my guesses?
hi jeannette, i make a little pause from home-cleaning and saw this. : here have you a site (danish) with fungi-id-keys. Try it yourself, when you dont get through it, will i help you later. ( http://www.mycokey.com/newMycoKeySite/My... ), ( http://www.mycokey.com/ )good luck
Okay...didn't read carefully - sorry :)
That excludes the possibility of a Beechwood Sickener (pretty similar and often confused with the real Sickener - which i'd say it is most likely)
I put it in notes :)
Same place as the others, sandy and pine trees...
Which trees grew around that species?