Russula species ?- Dapoli, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra

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Russula species ?- Dapoli, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra

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MUSHROOM ID: PLEASE ID THE MUSHROOM OR PLEASE TELL PERSON FOR THIS. WESTERN GHAT/ DAPOLI/ RATNAGIRI
THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS IN august 2010

Could this be Lentinus sp.
I'm sure ... can shed some light on this..

This mushroom is not Lentinus (or commonly shiitake) by any mean

kindly see the description of the mushroom from the link below to confirm.

http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Neolentinus_ponderosus.html

Probably its Russula sp or something quite close to it. I am not very sure of the ID.

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