Observation 25816: Russula compacta Frost & Peck
When: 2009-09-23
Collection location: Big Thicket National Preserve, Polk Co., Texas, USA [Click for map]
No specimen available
Notes:
These seem to fit the description for R. compacta, including the brown staining of the gills. The spores were amyloid and in the size range, ~8.2 X 7.1 microns.
I didn’t really get any strong odor from them however.
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| I’d Call It That | 3.0 | 4.58 | 1 | (Noah) | |||||
| Promising | 2.0 | 9.96 | 2 | ||||||
| Could Be | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Doubtful | -1.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Not Likely | -2.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| As If! | -3.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Overall Score sum(score * weight) / (total weight + 1) |
2.17 | 72.20% | |||||||