#russula virescens

[oakcricket]

green!!!

[mycoblogg]

FOTD #082 : green brittlegill! (russula virescens)

the green brittlegill (AKA quilted green russula or green-cracking russula) is a mycorrhizal fungus in the family russulaceae. it often fruits in the soil of both deciduous & mixed forests !! so far, it has been found in europe, india, malaysia, korea, the philippines, nepal, china, thailand, vietnam, north africa & central america. :-)

the big question : can i bite it?? yes !! it is edible & eaten in some areas of europe.

r. virescens description :

"the cap is at first dome or barrel-shaped, becoming convex & flattened with age with a diameter of up to 15 cm (6 in). the cap centre is often depressed. the cuticle of the cap is green, most profoundly in the centre, with patches of the same colour dispersed radially around the centre in an areolate pattern. the colour of the cuticle is often of variable shade, ranging from grey to verdigris to grass-green. the extent of the patching of the cuticle is also variable, giving specimens with limited patches a resemblance to other green-capped species of russula, such as r. aeruginea. the green patches of the cap lie on a white to pale green background. the cap, while frequently round, may also exhibit irregular lobes & cracks. the cap cuticle is thin, & can be readily peeled off the surface to a distance of about halfway towards the cap centre. the gills are white to cream coloured, & fairly crowded together; they are mostly free from attachment to the stipe. gills are interconnected at their bases by veins. the stipe is cylindrical, white, & of variable height, up to 8 cm (3 in) tall & 4 cm (1.6 in) wide; it is roughly the same thickness at both the top and the base."

[images : source & source] [fungus description : source]

[balkanradfem]

So I found this mushroom in the forest:

and I also discovered, that there are 3 different types of mushrooms that are edible, and they all look like what I found.

These are respectively: Peppery Milkcap (Lactarius piperatus), Russula virescens, and Greasy green brittlegill (Russula heterophylla).

Now, all of these are edible, but I wanna know what mushroom I have! The first mushroom in particular is supposed to have a 'peppery taste' and I got so curious about it, like if my mushroom tastes like pepper then it's 100% that one.

So, I was staring at pictures and trying to figure out which one is it, and I eliminated the second one, just because the gills on my mushrooms are very fine, and the mushroom on the pictures had wide and big ones.

So it was between the first and the third, and at this point I also knew that the Milkcap would bleed milk if cut it, and the last mushroom was supposed to be dry inside. So, I cut my mushroom, and - it was immediately milky! Thrilled, I went on to see how edible it is and how should I prepare it.

The articles were not encouraging. Apparently some people said it was poisonous, but just because it 'tasted so bad'. The reviews said the mushroom is not a very quality one, and that some people had their mouth irritated very badly for an hour, from tasting it. It should be safe when cooked though. So, I did what was logical, I took the little piece I cut off, put it on a fry-pan, and made sure it was well done, before putting it in my mouth.

Immediately, I'm disappointed. It does not have a peppery taste. It didn't taste much like anything really. It had a bad acidic aftertaste, which I did not enjoy. So now I'm bummed! No way to pinpoint which one my mushroom really is, if it's not peppery!

Unless.. the cooking process eliminated the peppery taste, and it's only peppery when raw. This thought haunted me. Maybe the only way I'll be able to tell for sure is to lick the actual raw mushroom... but it doesn't say anywhere that it's edible raw, in fact, it says people got their mouths irritated very badly for a full hour from the peppery taste.

But like, they didn't die, and it was just an hour.

So I licked it. And it was peppery! Super peppery! I had my mouth full of pepper taste just from one tiniest lick, and now I'm sure of my mushroom id!!! And I didn't get irritated, my mouth was fine after 30 seconds. Win for living from the forest!

Apparently you're supposed to cook this mushroom several times and then pickle it in order for it to taste okay and not acidic. But, you can also dry it, and then use it as a spice replacement, and it has a lot of Vitamin C retained that way. I am going to try to cook it first, and then put it on a pizza, and then we'll see. So pleased to finally be able to forage these white mushrooms because I find several of these every single time I go to the forest!!!

[tom-at-the-farm]

Some very young Craterellus mushrooms and different species of Russula, including Russula ochroleucoides and R. virescens. The red one (top right) is doing that creepy thing Russula occasionally do around here, i.e grow directly on wood. What are you doing bestie, this is saprotrophic behavior! Most sources on the internet will tell you that brittle gills grow exclusively from the ground; they're ectomycorrhizal and their hyphae connect to roots of host trees while the fruiting body is displayed above ground. Yet here we are, idk idk

[fungusfocusedfreak]

Russula virescens

(green-cracking russula, quilted green russula, green brittlegill)

[realityhelixcreates]

The Morel of the Story: Russula Virescens

3/?

Sometimes he learns something that worries him.

Usually, he was placed in a cell by himself, as he tended to get into fights. Or, more accurately, other people tended to get into fights with him, whether he wanted them to or not. Most of the other inmates were weak minded bullies, huge-bodied freaks with even more huge chips on their shoulders. They couldn't stand to hear a smart man speak, couldn't handle his harmless little quirks. Couldn't be bothered to allow him to expand their tiny brains. It was their loss of course, but they made it his problem.

Hartley Rathaway A.K.A. The Pied Piper, however, was a different story. The Central City rogue indulged his lengthy rants and infodumping with calm humor, and when he didn't feel like it anymore, simply turned off his hearing aids and ignored him.

Well it was better than punches anyway.

That night, it was a diatribe about Belle Reve's poor documentation in regards to their inmates, especially the so-called criminal known as Erosion.

“A woman?” Piper asked. “Huh. Never had you pegged as straight.”

“I'm not.” he said, tapping each of the cell bars once, like he did every night.

“Oh.” Piper said. “Oh.”

“That doesn't matter. This lack of record is concerning, don't you think? With so little information, she could just disappear and no one would be the wiser, would they? And what's to stop it there? All of our records could be shaved down into vague, bare bones descriptions, and we could vanish just as easily!”

“I'm sure Waller would love the opportunity to drop a few of us into a void, certainly. And who would care?”

“The fact that we get fed at all means somebody cares.” he insisted. “But I think Waller may not be the force of law and goodness she insists that she is. This is shady business. And what is 'Task Force X'? I've seen it mentioned several times, but nothing leading to what it is.”

“I don't know about it either.” Piper said, reclining on his bunk. “As for Waller...nobody who works in a place like this is actually a force for 'goodness'. These collars prove that beyond any doubt. 'Good' people would care, even about people us, and that is a weakness that can't be allowed in a place like this. After all, many of us are stone cold killers...except for you perhaps. You've never killed anybody, have you?”

“No.” he admitted. “I find it pointless. I feel a well thought out strategy typically doesn't need death to work properly. I guess I don't really care if anyone dies, but personally, the only thing I execute are plans.”

“Ooh, that was clever. Well, you might be the only person in this prison who can claim that, Waller included. Keep that in mind whenever you're confused about why people might be so willing to let some of us slip through the cracks.”

He wasn't confused about it, not really. He was very familiar with being hated, and very familiar with hating others. He understood why Warden Waller might be allowed to conduct underhanded business concerning her charges, as long as those charges were among the most despised and feared individuals on the planet.

IF she were working only under the auspices of ordinary government systems. She was not. Amanda Waller worked under the eye of the Justice League. And while Batman might be his most loathed of rivals, he was also one of Riddlers most appreciated of foes-a man with principles. Batman would not accept the reckless endangerment of prisoners, no matter the body count they might have. Nor would Superman, or many others of their little scout club. Whatever was going on here, it had to be under the table.

And that meant it could be used against her. If he could just get more information.

He flipped his pillow over, once and then again. Once he was satisfied that neither side had blood on it, he settled into his bunk.

Tomorrow was another day, and he would stay here as long as it took. That was part of the risk, when one accepted jobs from the Light. But in the end, it would all be worth it.

[maartenrogier]

Maarten tries to do watercolour

[janewilsonrva]

Green-Quilted Russula

Richmond, Virginia (USA)

Photo from August 21, 2021

Initially I thought mushrooms like this were just moldy, but it's a bona fide green Russula mushroom. The American species found in the eastern U.S. (Russula Parvovirescens) is different from the Eurasian species (Russula Virescens) in that it's shorter in stature and the green patches are larger. Interestingly, the American Green-Quilted Russula was considered to be the same as the Eurasian species until 2006 when they were separated. Science is constantly evolving!

[lycomorpha]

Cracking green brittlegill (Russula virescens) in woods 💚🍄🌳

[nemfrog]

Russula virescens. Edible. Petit atlas de poche des champignons comestibles et vénéneux les plus répandus. 1895.

Internet Archive

[stampsshow]

The upper left stamp actually shows a mushroom from the genus I’m writing my master’s thesis about! So great! 😍 Green-cracking russula (Russula virescens), pine bolete (Boletus pinophilus), false death cap (Amanita citrina). The little leaves show which trees they live in symbiosis with!

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[vincerenoelphotography]

“Green-Cracking Russula”  © Vincere Noel

A pair of pale green and white mushrooms (Russula virescens) nearly hidden among the dirt and branches.

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[balkanradfem]

I'm constantly watching videos on local mushrooms, reading mushroom guides for my own area and in my own language, and then I go to the forest all filled with knowledge, and every single time the forest is full of mushrooms I've never seen or heard about. Here's some of them I'm very curious about! If anyone has a guess I would love to have any info!

So this mushroom was everywhere in the forest, I found about 40 of them, and the tops are olive green in color. Based on everything I know, I assume it's Russula heterophylla (Greasy green brittlegill), the brown-green edible mushroom, but I don't know how to be absolutely sure. I don't want to eat it without verifying. It's also very similar to Russula virescens, which is edible, but has scales on the top. The mushroom on the picture has a completely smooth top, except for all of the bites!

2. These look like actual corals in the forest! I looked up coral mushrooms, and I feel like it could be Ramaria botrytis, but again, I'm unsure, I wonder if there's a way to tell for certain! Are all coral mushroom edible, or are some poisonous?

3. These tiny adorable mushrooms were growing in pair and they gave me an experience I've never had before: they smell like CANDY. I smelled one and it was fruity, acidic, sweet, it smells like a ground cherry! Lightly pineapple-ish, but more acidic, I was shocked to experience a smell like that from a mushroom! I took one home to take better pictures, I would love to now what it is.

4. This mushroom is just too pretty. I couldn't resist taking it. It is perfect in every way. Looks like a penny bun except underneath it has gills. Have no clue what it is, but the aesthetic is perfect. It doesn't smell very appetizing; the only thing I can compare the smell to is a worn shoe. Would love to know what this is.

5. The looks of this mushroom just got me; it's growing on the top of a fallen tree, and the top so cracked! I've seen cracked mushrooms before but this one is all cracks. I've read that sometimes mushrooms end up cracked if they grow too fast and the skin on the top can't accommodate rapid growth. There's big ants walking underneath, and it has big gills. Would love to point at this mushroom and say its name.

(if you have those fancy mushroom-id apps and can use them with these pictures, that would be amazing, because my phone is 10 years old and does not support apps, and google lens refuses to work on web)

[tom-at-the-farm]

Green-cracking Russulas (R. virescens) and bird’s nest fungus

[fungusfocusedfreak]

Russula virescens

(Green quilted Russula)

[boudhabar]

Russula Virescens