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Russula
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Russula Pers., 1796 (brittlegill toadstools, russulas)

Date: 9 August 2001
Location: Berks, England
State: Fruitbody
Record Summary: under Oak
Associated organism: under Quercus robur
Identification Notes: Under oak.
(Close to R. melliolens.)
Cap: pink, peeling "salmon"-"peach".
Gills: mild, crowded "D".
Spores "H"
Stipe: firm, white, tapered, unchanging
Fe+ weak, brown.
DCy: vermiform, 170µm or more, multiseptate, weakly staining.
DCy visible i Melzer's, Congo Ref, Lactophenol Cotton Blue (which makes them wiggly or chain-of-sausages).

Images etc

microscope photograph Spores (on gill) 500 by 375 pixels
microscope photograph Spores (on gill) 500 by 375 pixels
microscope photograph Spores (on gill) 500 by 375 pixels

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