Russula vinosobrunnea

  • Cap: Romagnes, 2-5 inches, freshly firm, deep purple-brown to blackish purple or even olivaceous. Cap cuticle peeling.
  • Stem: white, flush rose or reddish in part;
    1 1/4 - 3 1/2 inches X
    1/2 - 1 1/4 inches
  • Gills rather close
  • Taste: mild
  • Odor: pleasent
  • Found in Southeast Alaska

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Russula brunneola

  • Cap: Romagnes, 2-5 inches, freshly firm, deep sepia-brown, gray-brown to olive-brown, sometimes with palish yellow in areas; .
  • Stem: firm; yellowish-white, or flushed pale purple to reddish brown at stem base;
    1 1/4 - 3 1/2 inches X
    1/2 - 1 1/4 inches
  • Gills: moderately crowded, broad, forking near stem; pale cream to slightly brownish
  • Taste: mild
  • Odor: pleasent
  • Habitat: COMMON found in Southeast Alaska, in connifers and mixed woods.

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Russula turci
Edible

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Russula Varieta
Edible

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Pruple Bloom
Russula
Edible

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Russula integra
Edible

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Russula nigricans
Edible for some and inedible or
even poisonous for others, causing gastric upset.

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Emetic Russula; The Sickener (Russula emetica)


Can be used to induce vomiting. Parboiling has been alleged to destroy the toxins.

Used by Russians and Himalayan villagers, by removing the toxins by salting for a week or so until, the bitterness is gone.

  • Cap: Red
  • Stem: white
  • Gills
  • Taste:
  • Odor:
  • Found in Southeast Alaska

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Unknown Russula


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