Rank russula
Russula subnigricans · 亚稀褶红菇
Rarely Seen红菇科☠️ Deadly Poisonous
Reference sources describe this as highly toxic, with recorded fatalities.
The same species can be described differently across regions and stages of maturity, and countless look-alike species cannot be told apart by eye. Never use the information on this page to judge whether a real mushroom is safe to eat.
How to Tell
- Cap grayish white to pale brown, center depressed
- Gills sparse and thick, bruising red then slowly blackening
- Stem short, stout, and white; flesh also slowly reddens when cut
ID notes are compiled by AI from public sources, not reviewed by a mycologist, for learning only — never a basis for foraging.
Basics
- Family
- 红菇科
- Hymenium
- Gills
- Grows On
- Mycorrhizal
- How Big
- 5–12 cm (cap diameter)
- Encounter Rate
- Rarely Seen
- Habitat
- Ground in broadleaf woods of southern China
Easily Confused With
Blackening brittlegillBlackening brittlegill reddens then blackens when damaged, but slowly; rank russula has sparser, thicker gills and reddens faster.
Japanese russulaCap white, funnel-shaped with a depressed centerFun Fact
It causes rhabdomyolysis poisoning with a high death rate. Its gills are sparse and bruise red but never turn black — while the edible blackening brittlegill goes red, then black.
More in this family
- Charcoal burner
- Green-cracking russula
- Hatsudake
- Indigo milk cap
- Saffron milk cap
- The sickener
- Woolly milkcap