Russula cascadensis — Cascade Russula — Russulaceae

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Small to medium mushroom. Convex cap, depressed center when young, aging to funnel-shaped, dry, white staining to cinnamon-buff where bruised, becoming brownish, margin incurved.  Gills close to crowded, attached or somewhat decurrent, white discoloring similar to cap, narrow, subgills. Stalk short, white. Mycorrhizal.

Habitat: Solitary, scattered or groups, conifers.

Scent: Not distinctive

Spores: Pale cream-yellow

Season: Autumn

Close gills
Miller Peninsula State Park

Short white stalk
Miller Peninsula State Park

Whitish cap aging brown
Miller Peninsula State Park

Depressed cap center
Miller Peninsula State Park