Russula ochroleuca Ochre Brittlegill

Ochre Brittlegill (Russula ochroleuca) is one of the most common brittlegills in West Galmorgan. The ochre-yellow cap often has a grenish tint contrasts with the white gills and stipe (which becomes greyer with age). It can be present in large numbers in boadleaved woodlands but it is often particularly abundant in spruce forests. It is easily confused with Geranium Brittlegill (Russula fellea), a species that is more or less confined to beech woodland in West Glamorgan, whose cap and mature gills are a honey-ochre colour. Sometimes they grow together and then the subtle difference between them is usually clear after close inspection. Geranium Brittlegill also has a faint but distinctive smell of pelargonium, particularly in the gills, and a bitter taste.