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 ( 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)

Agaricus virescens Schaeff.

Russulaceae

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Food

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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Busuioc G., Elekes C.C., Stihi C., Iordache S., Ciulei S.C. 2011. The bioaccumulation and translocation of Fe, Zn, and Cu in species of mushrooms from Russula genus. Environmental Science and Pollution Research International. 18 (6): 890–6.
Chen, Z.H., Zhou H.B., Qiu G.Z. 2009. "Analysis of several heavy metals in wild edible mushrooms from regions of China". Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 83 (2): 280–8.
Sun, Z., He, Y., Liang, Z., Zhou, W., Niu, T. 2009. "Sulfation of (1→3)-β-D-glucan from the fruiting bodies of Russula virescens and antitumor activities of the modifiers". Carbohydrate Polymers. 77 (3): 628–33.
Sun Y.X., Liu J.C., Yang X.D., Kennedy J.F. 2010. "Purification, structural analysis and hydroxyl radical−scavenging capacity of a polysaccharide from the fruiting bodies of Russula virescens". Process Biochemistry. 45 (6): 874–98.