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Class: Basidiomycetes
Scientific name: Russula heterophylla (Fr.) Fr.
Common name: Heterophyllous columbine, Green columbine
Morphological characteristics
Hat: 5-10 cm, at first convex-subferic, then flattened and slightly depressed, with separable cuticle, a little viscous when wet, bright and smooth when dry, green in color, more loaded in the center with components that can give it yellowish, grayish tones and also yellow or marc.
slats: thick, adjoining, connected to each other by low bifurcated veins, white or cream-white color.
Stem: generally short, pointed towards the base, rather compact, white with a tendency to turn yellow or with brownish spots.
Meat: white, compact, odor not very strong, but nonetheless not unpleasant; the taste is mild.
spore: white.
Edibility, habitat and observations
Relationship with the surrounding plant environment: symbiote mushroom.
It grows in deciduous and coniferous woods, quite common and present in the early season.
Edible.
Russula heterophylla
