IMPORTANT MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR RUSSULA
 
 

Macrochemical Color Reactions:
    FeSO_{4
        + Reaction--greenish-black
        + Reaction--"salmon" brown}
    Phenol
        + Reaction on Fresh Pileus and Stipe Trama (time 0)
        + Reaction on Fresh Pileus and Stipe Trama (time 1)
        + Reaction on Fresh Pileus and Stipe Trama (time 2)

    Sulfovanillan
        + Reaction on Gills
    Anneline Oil
        -  Reaction on Fresh Pileus and Stipe Trama
        + Reaction on Gills
        + Reaction on Fresh Pileus and Stipe Trama
    Formalin
       + Reaction on Fresh Pileus and Stipe Trama

Pileus Surface Texture and Ornamentation:
    Bloom
    Areolate Pileus-Small patches
    Areolate Pileus-Large patches
    Scurfy (Furfuraceous)

Lamellae
    Gill Forking
    Gill Forking at Stipe
    Anastomosis of Gills
   Widely Spaced Gills
   Green "ring" on Stipe Apex

Bruising and Discoloration
    Blackish Discoloration on Stipe
    Blackish Bruising on Stipe
    Brownish Bruising on Stipe
    Brownish Bruising on Stipe Base
    Red-Brown Bruising on Gill Margin

Stipe

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