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Sepia brittlegill

Russula sororia

Genus Russula. Family Russulaceae. Order Russulales.

Sepia brittlegill — Photographs 1
Sepia brittlegill.
Photo: Daniel B. Wheeler (Tuberale) / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Description

Russula sororia, the sepia brittlegill, is a medium-sized brittlegill with a greyish-brown cap that is distinctly grooved at the margin and becomes very slimy in wet weather. The flesh is white, acrid and unpleasantly smelling. It grows in broad-leaved woodland, often along tracks and at woodland edges, and is inedible. Translated from the German-language Wikipedia.

Traits

Edibility
Inedible

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Photographs

Sepia brittlegill — Photographs 2
Sepia brittlegill. Mycological illustration.
Mordecai Cubitt Cooke / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Source: Wikipedia (German)