University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium: Fungi (NCU:Fungi)
NCU-F-0009250
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Russula crustosa Peck
Russulaceae
1915-07-27
United States, North Carolina, Orange, Chapel Hill, Growing near Howell's branch
35.922567 -79.041131 +-491m.
I believe this to be Howell's Branch.
Pilens depressed in center. Green mouldy color in center! White margin striate. Disk covered with flakes produced by expansion of pileus. Gills and stem white. Stem very short and spongy.
Oval to elliptic with lateral [illegible] at one end, slightly roughened, one large oil diop. 7.4 - 9.2 x 6.4 - 7.2 mm