Robust Russula
Truly robust, hearty and heavily built, this cap fully 10" (25cm) across, while the girth of it's stem as thick as my forearm. Attached ring, perhaps double, showing how and where the cap was coupled to the stem, in early stages.
A magnificent autumn dweller of the spruce woods, I have no idea of it's identification, other than to guess it is in the Russula family, a family of... thousands.
My best guess is Catathelasma ventricosa.... or Catathelasma imperialis, 'king of mushrooms'. A grand moniker for this hefty beauty.
(the following links from www.mushroomexpert.com)
Robust Russula
Truly robust, hearty and heavily built, this cap fully 10" (25cm) across, while the girth of it's stem as thick as my forearm. Attached ring, perhaps double, showing how and where the cap was coupled to the stem, in early stages.
A magnificent autumn dweller of the spruce woods, I have no idea of it's identification, other than to guess it is in the Russula family, a family of... thousands.
My best guess is Catathelasma ventricosa.... or Catathelasma imperialis, 'king of mushrooms'. A grand moniker for this hefty beauty.
(the following links from www.mushroomexpert.com)