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日本語・コゲイロハツタケ
Common Name: Winecork Brittlegill
Scientific Name: Russula Adusta
Characteristics:
>The colour of the cap starts off as light brown but darkens to a deep brown with age.
>Similarly, the shape of the cap starts off as convex but changes to umblicate and then eventually Infundibuliform (funnel-shaped).
>As the common name suggests gills are hard and brittle, breaking easily to the touch.
>Grows in sandy acidic soils from July to October.
I found several dozen clusters of these spread over a 200m embankment. I didn't know what they were so I only gathered a few. According to the article I read on them they are edible but need to be soaked and boiled in order to make them palatable.
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