Russula

flaxton · #1 (**permalink**) 28-08-2009, 05:14 PM

I found this Russula under pine. Young fruitbody olive green cap white stem but the older specimens have developed a pink cast to the stipe and quite bright red patches on the cap where it has been eaten.
Anyone any thoughts.

Thanks
Mal

Violeipes?

NickCantle · #2 (**permalink**) 28-08-2009, 05:52 PM

Russula versicolor Mal? Will that grow under Pine?

flaxton · #3 (**permalink**) 31-08-2009, 11:27 AM

Quote from The Russula man

"These are definitely R. sardonia, a common pine associate which comes in a variety of colours, usually purple but also green or even yellow. It has a bright pink reaction with ammonia which is diagnostic along with its distinctly primrose yellow gills. The stem may be flushed pink or not. The cap cuticle is adnate (hardly peeling)".

I will have to try and find another specimen and get out the Ammonia.
Mal