Author | Kibby, G. |
Year | 2001 |
Title | Key to blackening species of Russula of section Compactae |
Type | Paper |
How Complete | All the blackening British species of section Compactae known at the time and a likely foreign species. |
Source | Field Mycology Vol 2 (3): 95-97, rear cover. |
Illustrations | Colour photographs and line drawings of microscopy |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | Account and key to this readily recognisable group of Russula’s. |
Examine | in the hand in the Hand ( Compound Microscope is also useful) |
Specimen Preparation | Sequence of colour changes on cutting. Microscopy of cap cuticle (scalp in SBA) needed for pileocystidia to confirm two species. |
Identification difficulty | Generally straightforward if the sequence of colour changes are carefully noted when fresh. |