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20 Aug, 2009. Mixed woodland, Dunblane, Scotland. | Photo: © Derek Mayes |
The cap is bright scarlet red with a satin sheen and without white warts. |
20 Aug, 2009. Mixed woodland, Dunblane, Scotland. | Photo: © Derek Mayes |
The stem and gills brilliant white. |
20 Aug, 2009. Mixed woodland, Dunblane, Scotland. | Photo: © Derek Mayes |
The cap readily peels off spontaneously during rain. |
20 Aug, 2009. Mixed woodland, Dunblane, Scotland. | Photo: © Derek Mayes |
Hermispherical at first the cap may flatten with age and the deep colour washed out with rain. |
20 Aug, 2009. Mixed woodland, Dunblane, Scotland. | Photo: © Derek Mayes |
The colour is often washed off by rain and also nibbled away by the tiny woodland faeries |
Easily confused with : Fly Agaric. Whilst certain red funghi can be, well, fatally attractive, Russula emetica cannot be mistaken after a taste test (go on, nibble a bit raw - it imparts a burning hot sensation to the tongue) but very much like a few other Russulas and can be mistaken for the nasty Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) [which is mild tasting - ha!]. It belongs to the Brittlegill family (Russulaceae)
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