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Key 2.4
Russula
| Is the fruiting body white, turning smoky-gray to
black?
Yes |
Is the fruiting body colored? ......................
Yes |
| Is it white a first, soon soot-gray to black; stalk
bruising red then turning black?
Yes |
Is it white, sometimes with yellow or brown stains, but
never black? ...................
Yes |
| Are the gills adnate.....smaller? ........................
Yes |
Are the gills decurrent, crowded, dry, and 3" -
8" broad?
Yes |
| Is the cap viscid?
Yes |
Is the cap dry?
Yes |
| Is the cap green?
Yes |
Is the cap other than green?
Yes |
| Is the cap smooth?
Yes |
Is the cap broken into patches?
Yes |
| Is the cap yellow to yellow-orange? ................
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Yes |
Is the cap ochre to yellow-brown, very viscid? .....................
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Yes |
Does the cap have a dark purplish center and a light
pink margin? ..................
Yes |
Is the cap red, orange-red to purplish-red? .........................
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Yes |
| Is the cap 1" - 3", clear yellow, does not
change color when bruised, and found under birch?
Yes |
Is the cap 3" - 5", yellow-orange
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Yes |
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You have an R. ochroleuca
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| Is the cap bright red, the gills white, and the
mushroom usually found in moss?
Yes |
Is the cap infused with shades of orange-purple and the
gills buff to yellow?
Yes |
| Is the cap purplish-pink, sometimes tinted olive; the
stalk white and flushed pink?
Yes |
Is the cap red to orange-red, often tinted yellow or
purple; the stalk white?
Yes |
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You have an R. xerampelina
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