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Russula adusta (Persoon) Fries

Kingdom Fungi > Phylum Basidiomycota > Class Agaricomycetes > Order Russulales > Family Russulaceae > Genus Russula Russula adusta - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/19836

Status:

Found solitary, scattered on ground in conifer forests.

Description:

Cap: White to buff/gray (dark brown in age); broadly convex to flat with depressed center in age; viscid when wet; margin inrolled; white flesh slowly turns pink when bruised or cut, then gray. Gills: White / cream; close; subdecurrent. Stalk: White, bruising reddish-brown; flesh white, turning pink when bruised, then gray. (J. Solem, pers. comm.)

Records:

There are 5 records in the project database.

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<em>Russula adusta</em> (cap) in Howard Co., Maryland (9/28/2018). (Photo ID: 129547 - Psn: 40)

Russula adusta (cap) in Howard Co., Maryland (9/28/2018). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

<em>Russula adusta</em> (fruiting body) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/9/2018). (Photo ID: 129549 - Psn: 55)

Russula adusta (fruiting body) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/9/2018). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

<em>Russula adusta</em> in Howard Co., Maryland (9/28/2018). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 335186 - Psn: 60)

Russula adusta in Howard Co., Maryland (9/28/2018). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

<em>Russula adusta</em> (gills and stalk) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/9/2018). (Photo ID: 129550 - Psn: 62)

Russula adusta (gills and stalk) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/9/2018). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Russula adusta in Howard Co., Maryland (9/28/2018). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

<em>Russula adusta</em> in Howard Co., Maryland (9/28/2018). Split fruiting body showing pale pink flesh. (Photo ID: 129552 - Psn: 80)

Russula adusta in Howard Co., Maryland (9/28/2018). Split fruiting body showing pale pink flesh. Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Spores of <em>Russula adusta</em> in Howard Co., Maryland (9/28/2018). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 335189 - Psn: 100)

Spores of Russula adusta in Howard Co., Maryland (9/28/2018). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Spores collected from a <em>Russula adusta</em> specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (10/9/2018). Color is artifact of photo. Ellipsoid, finely warted, hyaline; 6.0-8.1 x 5.9-6.5 microns. (Photo ID: 129551 - Psn: 200)

Spores collected from a Russula adusta specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (10/9/2018). Color is artifact of photo. Ellipsoid, finely warted, hyaline; 6.0-8.1 x 5.9-6.5 microns. Photo by Robert Solem. (MBP list)

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