The blackening russule begins as a stout, creamy white mushroom with a coffee-coloured flush to the depressed center of its cap.
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| Young blackening russule - Russula nigricans |
This mushroom's gills are very distinctive: exceptionally thick and widely spaced. To me, they look rather like sliced almonds and have the same brittle texture.
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| blackening russule - Russula nigricans - gills. |
As they age, they shrivel and turn black...
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| Mature blackening russule - Russula nigricans |
Persisting as cryptic black lumps on the forest floor after the season ends.
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| Blackening russule - Russula nigricans - old, detatched fruiting body. This one is still recognisably a mushroom, but will disintegrate into charcoal-like lumps over time. |
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