Fungi > Mushrooms
Overview AT A GLANCE Common Name: Candy Cap Scientific Name: Lactarius rubidus Category: Fungi Subcategory: Mushrooms Size: Cap diameter: 2-8 cm (0.8-3.1 in); Stem length: 3-7 cm (1.2-2.8 in) Weight: 10-40 g (0.35-1.4 oz) fresh sporocarp mass Lifespan: Sporocarps...
Fungi > Mushrooms
OverviewAT A GLANCECommon Name: Charcoal BurnerScientific Name: Russula cyanoxanthaCategory: FungiSubcategory: MushroomsSize: Cap diameter: 6-15 cm (2.4-6.0 in); Stem height: 5-10 cm (2.0-3.9 in); Stem thickness: 1.5-3.0 cmWeight: 50-150 g per mature fruiting...
Fungi > Mushrooms
OverviewThe Woolly Milkcap (Lactarius torminosus), delightfully known in Britain as the Bearded Milkcap and in Eastern Europe as the *volnushka*, is an iconic, beautiful, and ecologically vital agaric fungus belonging to the milkcap family Russulaceae. Widely...
Fungi > Mushrooms
OverviewThe Green-cracking Russula (Russula virescens), universally celebrated by mushroom foragers as the quilted green russula or green brittlegill, is an exceptionally prized, distinctive basidiomycete fungus belonging to the brittlegill family Russulaceae. Widely...
Fungi > Mushrooms
OverviewThe Sickener (Russula emetica), widely known among mycologists and foragers as the emetic russula or peppery brittlegill, is an iconic, vividly colored basidiomycete fungus belonging to the family Russulaceae. Widely distributed across the boreal taiga, wet...
