Geranium Brittlegill
Poisonous 
Autumn 
Summer 
In some years the Geranium Brittlegill can be very common under Beech trees.
This mushroom is more inedible and very hot rather than poisonous but is included in this section as there are a number of different opinions about the mushrooms toxicity.
| Mushroom Type | |
| Common Names | Geranium Brittlegill (EN), Geranium Scented Russula, Tegyll Brau Chwerw (CY), Gołąbek Żółciowy (PL), Fakó Galambgomba (HU) |
| Scientific Name | Russula fellea |
| Season Start | Aug |
| Season End | Nov |
| Average Mushroom height (CM) | 7 |
| Average Cap width (CM) | 10 |
Cap
A dull orangey-yellow.
Gills
White to slightly off white, neat, crowded and brittle.
Stem
White to off white sometimes slightly yellow. Brittle, granular and snaps a bit like chalk.
Flesh
White.
Habitat
With beech trees.
Possible Confusion
The Ochre Brittlegill (Russula ochroleuca), pictured, but the off yellow cap, Geranium smell and chilli like heat when tasted should save confusion.
Spore Print
White to cream. Ovoid with warts.
Taste / Smell
Very hot.
Frequency
Common.
Other Facts
The Russula family split from other mushrooms, evolutionarily, many years ago and have round cells instead of most other living organisms which have elongated cells, this gives Russulas the common name Brittlegills as the cells make the mushroom brittle.
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