I am to understand that this is not yet defined as a species. Colloquially known here in the southern Rockies as Banana Russula and fairly common. Definitely distinguished from Russula decolorans. Do you guys see this in the PNW? BananaRussula (6) by allelopath posted Sep 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM BananaRussula (4) by allelopath posted Sep 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM BananaRussula (2) by allelopath posted Sep 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM BananaRussula (1) by allelopath posted Sep 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM Also, I've now heard Russula pronounced 3 different ways: 1. ROOS-uh-luh 2. RUSS-ul-luh 2. ROOSH-ul-luh How do you pronounce it? (Note that I am using guys above in a non-gendered sense, like they is used. I can't bring myself to say y'all)
Any interesting odour (fruity, crab, vomit, sweet/maraschino cherry) or taste (hot, pepper, mild, acrid, soapy) on this? Do any parts stain brown with age/handling? This cap-colour group includes both yellow spore deposit and white/ivory spore deposit, so that might narrow things down. Any particularly dominant tree types nearby? (firs, birches, etc). I can't promise an ID from this, but it could help narrow the options.
It looks like this species is done for the season. I couldn't find any yesterday. So I'll pick up this thread next year :)
I was taking another look through the BC Nature magazine Spring 2025 and noticed mention of Russula in an article by Terry Taylor, a local naturalist. His point in that paragraph is that in the new Mushrooms of British Columbia book, many mushroom names have changed, particularly ones that had been thought to be the same species as European mushrooms. He used as an example one that was previously thought to be one species, "the Common Short-stemmed Russula ... a group of six currently not yet named separate species".
