Russula pilocystidiata
McNabb 1973
Description:
Common name:
None
Found:
Nothofagus and Leptospermum forests
Substrate:
Ground
Spore:
White
Height:
60 mm
Width:
60 mm
Season:
Autumn
Edible:
Unknown
Macro images:
Scale= 8 mm.
Scale= 7.5 mm.
Scale= 9.5 mm.
Scale= 9.2 mm.
Scale= 6.6 mm.
With age this species tends to loose all it purple colouring on both the cap and sometimes the stalk.
Scale= 6.6 mm.
This is a little unusual having more green then red in the cap.
Scale= 6.5 mm.
The Hidden Forest
Forest Fungi