who is summoning the russulas
Why are there so many?! I saw like, 20 today. They must like this weather we’re having or something, because the only other explanation is that someone is summoning them somehow.
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Shellfish-scented Russula (Russula xerampelina)Observer
shroomyseanDescription
Found perfectly popping out of some mossy ground near Hemlock and Doug Fir.
Cap: Red, smelled faintly fishy. You can cut part of it and peel the red skin off. Hemispherical. 3.25” diameter (8.26cm)
Stipe: White, had some dirt on it. Pink blushing visible in some spots. About 3/4” thick.
Gills: White, crowded, very adnexed. At the point where the gill meets the edge of the cap, it is sort of fused to it, creating this interesting “webbed” appearance.
Volva: Not present.
Annulus: Not present.
Spore color: Cream white spore print, however when spores are concentrated, they reveal their gold/bright-orange color.
Spore morhophology: Ovoid, ornamented.
Images 6, 8, 11: Gill edge (cheilocystidia and basidia) at 1000x magnification.
Image 7: Spores at 1000x mag.
Image 9: Gill edge at 250x mag.
Image 10: Gill edge at 100x mag.
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