Summary ³

Spores: cream to yellow
Trails: Griffin
Odor: crab or shrimp
Mycorrhizal, associated with Douglas fir

Russula xerampelina, also commonly known as the crab brittlegill or the shrimp mushroom, is a basidiomycete mushroom of the brittlegill genus Russula. Two subspecies are recognised. The fruiting bodies appear in coniferous woodlands in autumn in northern Europe and North America. Their caps are coloured various shades of wine-red, purple to green. Mild tasting and edible, it is one of the most highly regarded brittlegills for the table. It is also notable for sm

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1. (c) Leslie Flint, todos os direitos reservados, enviado por Leslie Flint
2. (c) Christian Schwarz, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), enviado por Christian Schwarz
3. Adaptado por Leslie Flint de uma obra de (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russula_xerampelina

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