3 Australian  Brittle-stem Russula fungi

Unidentified
Australian
Russula

 Cap: To 60mm, mauve, dry, not striated, shallowly convex becoming flat with large central depression, more solid than Purpureoflava. 

 Gills: Strong yellow, one length.

 Stem: White with pink overlay, slim for a russula,  chalky rind stuffed with soft flesh.

 Spore print: White.

 Found: Mixed eucalypt bushland in early winter. Forrest, Australian Otways ranges

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Russula
persanguinea

Note:  An Aussie species similar to Russula Emetica. 

 Cap: Deep purplish red becoming brilliant post-box red without purple hints, sometimes darker central depression, sticky when wet, smooth, convex with incurved margin, then centrally depressed with a striate margin that recedes.

 Gills: Pure white, very fragile, close attached, adnexed to adnate, edge minutely fringed, no colouring of edges.

 Stem: Pure white, very fragile and often folded over at base if moss bed is thick.

Spore print: White

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Russula
purpureoflava

Australian Russula Purpureoflava mushroom

Australian russula purpureoflava giils and stem

 Caps: To 60mm, matt surface, purply red, more pronounced centrally, convex  with a small central hollow, then flattening.

  Gills: Yellow, close and even.

  Stem: Yellow, flecked with red.

 Found: Eucalypt woodland floor.

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