| Russula aeruginea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Subkingdom: | Dikarya |
| Phylum: | Basidiomycota |
| Subphylum: | Agaricomycotina |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | Russulaceae |
| Genus: | Russula |
| Species: | R. aeruginea |
| Binomial name | |
| Russula aeruginea Fr. |
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Russula aeruginea otherwise knows as the Grass-green Russula, is an inedible russula mushroom, found only under birch, mostly in pine forests; not rare.
Contents |
The cap is flat when young, soon funnel shaped and weakly striped; somewhat sticky and shiny, pale green to light grey-green, more rarely olive green. Often 5 to 8 cm in diameter, sometimes up to 12 cm. The gills are pale cream when young, later light yellow. The spores are dark cream. The stem is white, occasionally with rust coloured spots at the base, often rather short with longitudinal furrows. The flesh is white, brittle and without scent, with a mild taste.
Green specimens of the Crab Brittlegill, Russula xerampelina, can be mistaken for R. aeruginea.[1] However, one can easily distinguish the two, in that specimens of R. xerampelina always smell of cooked shellfish, while specimens of R. aeruginea do not.