Russula

The greenish Russula, _Russula virescens_, like a number of other plants, has long been recommended for food, both in Europe and in this country.

Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886

The genus Russula probably contains the largest number of mushrooms with reddish caps, the word Russula meaning reddish.

Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin

Actually, your "lobsters", and those I'm familiar with are a unique product of nature wherein a parasitic mushroom (Hypomyces lactifluorum) "engulfs" a host mushroom (thought to usually be a Russula or Lactauius), and in its final embodiment, is known as Hypomyces lactifluorum.

Mex Mushrooms? 2006

The good news is that none of the Russula or Lactarius mushrooms will kill you, though a rare few will make you good and sick.

Setas y Hongos 2006

For example the vascular epiphyte (Tillandsia usneoides) is extracted for Christmas ornamental purposes in Mexico, and a large variety of mushrooms in pine-oak forests, including species in the genera Amanita, Leccinum, Russula, and Boletus, are extracted for culinary use.

Biological diversity in the Madrean pine-oak woodlands 2008

“This is a Russula, or this a Cortinarius, or this a Tricholoma.”

Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin

= -- This elegant _Russula_ occurs in birch woods or in mixed woods during late summer and autumn.

Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886

The species of _Russula_ are very characteristic, and the genus is easily recognized in most cases after a little experience.

Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886

The "green" or _Russula virescens_ may be peeled, cut into thin slices, mixed with the leaves of water-cress which have been picked carefully from the stems, covered with French dressing, and served on slices of tomato.

Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886

= Russula furcata = is a common species in similar situations, with forked gills, and the cap very variable in color, sometimes reddish, purple, purple brown, or in one form green.

Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886