Ochre Brittlegill

Russula ochroleuca

Coniferous, mixed, rarely deciduous forests. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies medium-sized, large. Cap 5-12 cm across, irregularly flattened, slightly depressed in the middle, matt, greenish-yellow, golden yellow, brownish-yellow, lemon-coloured, the margins paler. Young gills yellowish-white, later ochre, adnexed. Stem 5—8x1—3 cm, white, turning greyish with age. Flesh white, turning greyish with age, not bitter or slightly acrid, firm. Characteristic features: fruiting bodies turn greyish with age. Grows in small groups. Edible, tasty. Common. The Geranium Brittlegill (R. fellea) is similar, but it grows mostly in deciduous forests and is much paler in colour.