- Cap hemispherical when young, wine-red with greyish-white pruina, with age convex to expanded with a darker depressed centre.
- Gills white to cream-yellow, greying with age, near the cap margin often with a wine-red edge.
- Stem white, greying with age.
- Flesh white, greying, usually with mild taste, but young specimens are sometimes somewhat acrid-tasting.
Russula
Darkening Brittlegill
Russula vinosa
LC
Least concern
Edible
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Characteristics
Ecology
Grows in coniferous forest throughout the Nordic region.
Similar species
There are several similar brittlegills, but as an edible mushroom picker you do not need to distinguish them all. A wine-red brittlegill with mild and sweetish taste is edible, while the inedible brittlegills have a sharply burning taste.