Sort of similar to the white coating on a blueberry where touching it leaves a mark. I don’t think I’ve seen this on any other Russula or other mushroom I’ve come across and was wondering if there is a term for this. If I was smarter I’d have put it under the scope to take a look at the very surface. I don’t think it was just dust from the road because this was found well into the woods and the roads weren’t particularly dusty that day.
I think that’s a “pruinose” cap covered in fine hairs that give it that frosted look. Compare to the R. murrillii group: www.alpental.com/psms/PNWMushrooms/…/Russula.htm#…
Bigboye57@lemmy.world 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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.