Blusher

Amanita rubescens

Family: Amanitaceae

Blusher (Amanita rubescens)
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Overview

Pinkish-brown cap with grey-pink warts. Flesh stains wine-pink when cut or bruised — diagnostic. Edible WHEN WELL COOKED across Europe; toxic raw. Identification difficult in this genus; not a beginner's mushroom.

Edibility
Edible
Rarity
common
Trophic mode
mycorrhizal

Host trees & substrate

  • Local forest substrate

Key identification features

  • Flesh slowly stains pink-red when cut
  • Cap with pinkish-grey warts
  • Striated upper stem above ring

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