Cape Russula 

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Fungi
Agaricomycetes
Russulales
Russulaceae
Russula
capensis

Description

The Cape Russula's colour varies from a pink-purple through to a deep purple-red. Typically common, fairly large, and brightly colored, the Russula is one of the most recognizable genera. Their spore print is white to dark yellow. Gills detach themselves from the stipe and hang down from the edge of the cap. The cap is concave in shape when the mushroom is mature. 

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Gills on Hymenium

Stipe is bare

Edibility: Choice

Cap is concave

Spore print is white to dark yellow

Hymenium is free

Ecology is saprotrophic

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