ເຫັດໜ້າງົວ / Stinking Russula
APA 6th ed. ເຫັດໜ້າງົວ / Stinking Russula. (2021, December 15). Retrieved from https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000088
MLA 8th ed. ເຫັດໜ້າງົວ / Stinking Russula. Pha Khao Lao, 15 December 2021, https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000088.
Chicago 17th ed. Pha Khao Lao. 2021. "ເຫັດໜ້າງົວ / Stinking Russula." Published December 15, 2021. https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000088.
Agaricus foetens var. lactifluus Corda
Agaricus incrassatus Sowerby
Russula foetens var. minor Singer
Chinese: Chòu hóng gū [臭紅菇]
Thai: Het Toun Mou
Fruiting body ca. 15 cm tall. The cap is hemispherical, (4,5)−5−17 cm and very slimy when young, soon convex, honey yellow to ochre brown.. The gills and spores are pale cream. The strong stipe, (4,3)−5,5−11−(16) x 1,2−5 cm, white or blotchy yellowish brown. The flesh has a strong acrid smell, when old has a fishy smell and bad taste.
Food: in Laos and China, this species is edible, some in Europe, this species inedible. Local food in Laos, soup with many species of mushroom.
Medicinal: good for treatment stomachache. In countries like Russia it is used for traditional mushroom pickles after being soaked in water for several days to remove the strong taste, as also all other Russula species.