Comment on Russula with a frosted look to the cap.
Bigboye57@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Hey Magpie, mind sharing the region the mushroom was found and I will do some digging in the books.
I have similar purple Russula in Northern Indiana and I know I hunted down a species once.
magpie@mander.xyz 4 weeks ago
I’m in the central interior of BC, Canada. I gave up trying to ID Russulas a long time ago but I always love to see them out in full force.
Bigboye57@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I broke out my keys and there are a handful that fit the bill based off what I can gather from your photo, so I won’t venture a guess. That white powder though is a common trait called “bloom” for some Russula. Cool stuff I have never seen that in Indiana before. Beautiful picture.
the_artic_one@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
It’s really common give up on Russula because of how impossible they are to get to species but you can learn to get them to section/group which I personally find worthwhile. It helps if you enjoy eating them like I do, I spent a lot of time figuring out how to ID Russula olympiana and the other PNW xerampelina group species because of how much I like using them to make vegetarian fish broth.
magpie@mander.xyz 4 weeks ago
Thanks! I appreciate you doing that.