Species:
Hygrophorus russula
- Scientific name:
- Hygrophorus russula
- Arabic name:
- -
- French name:
- Hygrophore russule
- English name:
- Pinkmottle woodwax, False russula
- Habitat:
- Under oaks and other hardwoods.
- Surrounding vegetation:
- Quercus calliprinos.
- Ecological niche:
- Mycorrhizal with oaks ; growing scattered or gregariously, sometimes in fairy rings or arcs.
- Chromosome Number:
- -
- Genome size:
- -
- Cap:
- Convex when young, becoming shallowly depressed; bald, the margin first inrolled the unrolled.
- Gills / pores:
- Broadly attached to the stem; close; white when young, but soon becoming pinkish overall.
- Stem:
- White at first but soon developing the colors of the cap; bald or finely hairy; solid.
- Dimensions:
- Broadly attached to the stem; close; white when young, but soon becoming pinkish overall.
- Color(s):
- The cap is reddish to pinkish,with streaks of color;bruising yellow in places, near the margin.
- Texture, other traits:
- Cap is slimy when fresh, but often drying out quickly; finely hairy in places.
- Kingdom Fungi
- Phylum Basidiomycota
- Class Agaricomycetes
- Order Agaricales
- Family Hygrophoraceae
- Genus Hygrophorus
Fruiting period
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