Milk-white Brittlegill

Russula delica

Deciduous and coniferous forests, less often parks. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies large. Cap grows up to 15 (20) cm across, fleshy, the cuticle does not peel, matt, rough, when young white, later yellowish, spotted yellowish-brownish. Gills white, bluish, when old with a cream tinge, decurrent. Stem 3—6 (7)x1— 3 cm, white, firm, fibrous. Flesh white, firm, crisp, without milk, slightly bitter in taste, with a vegetable smell. Characteristic features: very similar to the Peppery Milkcap and the Fleecy Milkcap, but easily distinguished from them because it has no milk. Grows in small groups, rarely singly, likes the company of oak and hazel. Edible, fairly common. Valuable.