Species details
Stinking brittlegill
Russula foetens
Inedible
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Description
A yellow-brown slimy brittlegill with a strong unpleasant smell and distinctly striate margin.
Identification features
Taste is strongly acrid, gills and flesh may stain brownish; it is inedible.
Identification checklist
Check the entire fruitbody for identification. A yellow-brown slimy brittlegill with a strong unpleasant smell and distinctly striate margin. Taste is strongly acrid, gills and flesh may stain brownish; it is inedible. Typical habitat: Deciduous and mixed woodland, often with oak and beech.
How to separate similar species
Compare especially with these similar species: Russula ochroleuca, Hebeloma crustuliniforme. Check the combination of cap shape and colour, spore-bearing surface, stem, flesh changes and habitat. A single feature or photograph is not enough; if the key characters do not match the description, do not treat the identification as confirmed.
Habitat
Deciduous and mixed woodland, often with oak and beech.
Fruiting period
July, August, September, October, November