Russula queletii Fr. 1872

Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza
fruitbody of Russula queletii is ectomycorrhizal with live root of Picea abies
Remarks: Other: uncertain

Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza
fruitbody of Russula queletii is ectomycorrhizal with live root of Pinus
Remarks: Other: uncertain

Russula queletii Fries; Quel. Champ. Jura Vosg. 185. 1872
Agaricus ruber Fries, Syst. Myc. 1: 58. 1821. Not A. ruber Schaeff. 1774. Russula rubra Fries, Epicr. Myc. 354. 1838.
Pileus compact, convex, then plane, 2.5-8 cm. broad; surface Indian-lake or darkviolaceous, paler on the margin, viscid when wet, glabrous; margin slightly striate: context firm, red-purple next to the pellicle, otherwise white, acrid, without special odor; lamellae white, becoming yellowish with age or in drying, some shorter, some forking, sometimes with drops of water which in drying stain the surface bluish-gray ; stipe violaceous-purple, pruinose, spongy within, 5 cm. long, up to 1.2 cm. thick: spores white, subglobose, echinulate, 8-9 m in diameter.
Type locality: France.
Habitat: On the ground in spruce or pine woods. Distribution: Vermont and Washington; also in Europe.

Russula queletii otherwise known as the gooseberry russula, is a common, inedible, Russula mushroom found growing in groups, predominantly in spruce forest. Eating this mushroom causes abdominal pains.