Russula lutea (Huds. ex Fr.) S.F. Gray. Weicher Dottertäubling, Russule jaune.
Cap 2–7cm across, convex, later flattening or with a saucer-shaped depression, often entirely golden or egg-yolk yellow, but sometimes apricot, peach, flesh coloured or coral in part or entirely, thin-fleshed, rather fragile, three-quarters to almost totally peeling. Stem 20–60 x 5–15mm, white, cylindrical or club-shaped, soft, fragile. Flesh white. Taste mild, smell nil when young, later fruity and suggesting apricots. Gills deep saffron, strongly interlined. Spore print ochre (H). Spores ovoid-elliptic with warts up to 1µ high, mostly isolated, very occasionally joined by a line, 7.5–9 x 6–8µ. Cap cystidia absent; hyphae staining in fuchsin abundant, strongly encrusted, other hyphae often with club-shaped termination or with a round head (capitate). Habitat under broad-leaved trees. Season summer to early autumn. Frequent. Edible. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous) Distribution, America and Europe.