ເຫັດໄຄ / Green-cracking Russula,

Use
Food
Income
Scientific Name / Family
Russula virescens (Schaeff.) Fr. / Russulaceae
Synonyms
Agaricus virescens Schaeff.
Other Names
Chinese: Biàn lǜ hóng gū [變綠紅菇]
Eng: green−cracking russula, quilted green russula, or green brittle gill.
Thai: Het Khai, Het Rom Ka Kheiw
Botanical Description

Fruiting body ca. 20 cm tall.  cap is pale green, that measures up to 15 cm in diameter, the surface of which is covered with darker green angular patches. It has crowded white gills, and a firm, white stipe bare, that is up to 8 cm (3 in) tall and 4 cm thick. The gills are white to cream colored, and fairly crowded together; they are mostly free from attachment to the stipe. Gills are interconnected at their bases by veins. spore print is white to yellow.

Description of Use

Russula virescens is an edible mushroom considered to be one of the best of the genus Russula, and is popular in Europe, particularly in Spain. In an 1875 work on the uses of fungi, English mycologist Mordecai Cubitt Cooke remarked about the mushroom that "the peasants about Milan are in the habit of putting [it] over wood embers to toast, and eating [it] afterwards with a little salt. The mushroom is often sold as a dried product in Asia, and in China, it can be found in roadside markets. in Laos menu cooking with many species of mushroom soup mixed together.
Russula virescens has a limited capacity to bioaccumulate the micronutrients iron, copper, and zinc from the soil. The concentration of these trace metals is slightly higher in the caps than the stipes.

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