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Russula ochroleuca.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Ochre Brittlegill, Russule blanc ocré, Sárga galambgomba, Fakósárga galambgomba, Zitronentäubling
Russula ochroleuca Mushroom
Ref No: 8213
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Russula ochroleuca2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8214
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Russula ochroleuca3 Mushroom
Ref No: 8449
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location: Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: Yellow, Green
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Simple stem
flesh: Flesh granular or brittle
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Russula ochroleuca (Pers. ex Secr.) Fr. Common Yellow Russula, Russule blanc ocré, Zitronentäubling, Fakósárga galambgomba, sárga galambgomba, Geelwitte russula.
Cap 4–10cm across, convex then flattening and with a depression, ochre, yellow or sometimes greenish yellow, fleshy, two-thirds peeling; margin eventually furrowed. Stem 40–70 x 15–25mm, white, greying slightly with age especially when waterlogged. Flesh white. Taste from mild to moderately hot. Gills adnexed, creamy. Spore print whitish to pale cream (A–C). Spores broadly ovoid with warts up to 1.2m high, joined by numerous fine lines forming a fairly well-developed network, 8–10 x 7–8µ. Cap surface cystidia absent, hyphae 2–3µ wide, often with yellow encrusting pigment. Habitat under broad-leaved trees and conifers. Season late summer to late autumn. Very common. Edible. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Found In Europe.

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Sue Mallinson (United Kingdom) - 20 August 2015

In old woodland, September 2014
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