Russula placita

Russula placita

CAP up to 10.5 cm, fleshy, medium violet at center, grayish purple at edge, viscid drying pruinose, margin grooved, cuticle peeling; flesh white, soft. ODOR none. TASTE acrid. GILLS white becoming pale ecru. STEM white. SPORE PRINT light yellow. HABITAT Douglas-fir, sometimes pine. REMARKS The type locality for this species is Seattle, and Burlingham notes that is abundant in this area in October. Stuntz erroneously described it as mild tasting in his revision of McKenny (1971), and the error has been copied by other authors.
Purple-red russula These were apparently very popular with the critters... this one was in the best shape of all those that I found and it was pretty munched on the other side. The others that were further up were all quite ragged. Too bad.. the color was so intense, I'd have liked to have seen a really perfect one. White stem/gills - no discernible odor Fall,Geotagged,Russula placita,United States

Appearance

CAP up to 10.5 cm, fleshy, medium violet at center, grayish purple at edge, viscid drying pruinose, margin grooved, cuticle peeling; flesh white, soft. ODOR none. TASTE acrid. GILLS white becoming pale ecru. STEM white. SPORE PRINT light yellow. HABITAT Douglas-fir, sometimes pine. REMARKS The type locality for this species is Seattle, and Burlingham notes that is abundant in this area in October. Stuntz erroneously described it as mild tasting in his revision of McKenny (1971), and the error has been copied by other authors.

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Taxonomy
KingdomFungi
DivisionBasidiomycota
ClassAgaricomycetes
OrderRussulales
FamilyRussulaceae
GenusRussula
SpeciesRussula placita
Photographed in
United States of America