Introduction to Mushrooms Revised April 2000
by By Michael W. Beug Email: beugm@evergreen.edu
The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA
Slide 61.
The Shellfish-Scented Russula, Russula xerampelina, is characterized by a distinctive odor of shrimp or crab and a tendency for the stipe to slowly bruise brown. Like all Russula species, the cap, gills and stipe are brittle and pop cleanly like a piece of chalk when broken. The gills are creamy to yellowish-orange and the cap color varies from purplish-red with yellow or greenish tones to a rich purplish-black. Russula xerampelina var. elodes is illustrated here. Russula xerampelina may represent a complex of closely related species sharing a shellfish odor. These Russula species are quite tasty and remain delightfully crisp when cooked.
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