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Old 03-11-2008, 11:18 AM
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Re: Russula atropurpurea or wood blewit

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Originally Posted by leifus View Post


Leifus
What made you think it might be atropurpurea or the blewit?
Atropupurea has a dark purple cap and grows in grass near various trees
The blewit has lilac gills and grows in soil in mixed woodlands.

Growing on wood with this dark shiny streaked cap is definitely a Pluteus cervinus.

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