- Cap convex to expanded, mustard-yellow to dirty yellow, sometimes with a greenish-yellow tone.
- Gills white, faintly greying with age.
- Stem white, becoming more watery greyish with age.
- Flesh white, greying with age, with a more or less acrid taste.
Russula
Ochre Brittlegill
Russula ochroleuca
LC
Least concern
Inedible
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Characteristics
Ecology
Grows with spruce and beech in coniferous forest and beech forest in the southern and central Nordic region.
Similar species
Russula claroflava has a more bright yellow cap colour and mild taste. Russula fellea has a warmer honey-yellow colour on the cap, and a honey-yellow tone on both gills and stem.
