Blue Band Brittlegill

Russula chloroides

Deciduous and mixed forests. Summer, autumn.

Cap 8-12 cm across, its colour and shape as in the Milk-white Brittlegill (Russula delica) (white, yellowish). Gills white, crowded, narrow, subdecurrent, with a greenish shimmering tinge. Stem 3x2 cm, short, firm, white. Flesh white, firm, brittle, slightly bitter in taste. Characteristic features: very similar to the Milk-white Brittlegill, only the fruiting bodies are smaller; the species are very hard to distinguish morphologically. Grows singly or in small groups in deciduous and mixed forests, likes calcareous soil. Edible, valuable.