Russula fellea (Fr.) Fr. Gallentäubling, Russule trompeuse, Russule de fiel, Geranium Brittlegill. Cap 4–9cm across, convex, soon flattening, often with a broad umbo, straw-coloured to pale ochre-honey or buff, fairly fleshy, slightly sticky when moist, peeling at margin only, which is smooth to slightly furrowed. Stem 20–60 x 10–20mm, coloured as cap but slightly paler, firm, cream if rubbed with iron salts. Flesh white. Taste very hot, smell of geraniums. Gills adnexed, coloured as stem. Spore print whitish to pale cream (A–C). Spores ovoid with warts up to 0.7µ high, mostly joined by fine lines to form a well-developed network, 7.5–9 x 6–7µ. Cap cystidia abundant, cylindrical to narrow club-shaped, strongly reacting with SV. Habitat under beech. Season late summer to late autumn. Very common. Not edible. Found In Europe.