Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Russulales: Russulaceae: Russula atropurpurea (Krombh.) Britzelm.

Russula atropurpurea – purple brittlegill

Synonyms: Agaricus atropurpureus, Russula depallens, Russula krombholtzii, Russula krombholzii, Russula undulata.

Common name: purple brittlegill.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Russula atropurpurea is an edible member of the genus Russula. It is dark vinaceous (red wine-coloured) or purple, and grows with deciduous, or occasionally coniferous trees. It is commonly called the blackish purple Russula, or the purple brittlegill.

Arabic: روسولا أرجوانية داكنة, Danish: Purpurbroget skørhat, Dutch: Zwartpurperen russula, Estonian: Punane pilvik, German: Purpurschwarzer Täubling, Hungarian: Feketésvörös galambgomba, Polish: Gołąbek ciemnopurpurowy, Russian: Сыроежка волнистая, Swedish: Purpurkremla, Ukrainian: Сироїжка чорно-пурпурова.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Blackish purple brittlegill mushrooms Russula atropurpurea on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2020
LSHT Little Lake Creek Loop, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Blackish purple brittlegill mushrooms Russula atropurpurea on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2020
LSHT Little Lake Creek Loop, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Side view of blackish purple brittlegill mushrooms Russula atropurpurea on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2020
LSHT Little Lake Creek Loop, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Dark reddish purple cap of a brittlegill mushroom Russula atropurpurea (spore print yellow) in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Cleveland, Texas, April 22, 2023
San Jacinto County, Texas, United States

Pale yellow gills of a purple brittlegill mushroom Russula atropurpurea in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Cleveland, Texas, April 22, 2023
San Jacinto County, Texas, United States

Spores of a brittlegill mushroom Russula atropurpurea collected in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary a day before. Texas, April 23, 2023

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