Russula chloroides

blue band brittlegill

Names across languages

From the latest record: 2024-08-18.

Gills, adnate to slightly decurrent, white or pale cream, often with a distinctive blue-green tinge near the stipe

Convex when young, later flattening or becoming slightly depressed in the center, pale cream to pale greenish-blue, smooth

Adnate to slightly decurrent

Cylindrical, white or slightly tinged with blue, firm, often with a bluish-green tinge at the base

Spore print is white

Mycorrhizal with broadleaved trees, especially oak and beech, deciduous and mixed forests, calcareous soils

Considered of low culinary value due to its bitter taste

Fruit body 5–10 cm

Cap 6–12 cm

Odour is mild, slightly fruity

Spores broadly ellipsoid to ovoid, 8–11 x 7–9 µm, and are ornamented with fine warts that connect to form ridges, basidia typically four-spored

Distinguished by its pale cap with greenish or blue-green hues, particularly near the center

1900). Fung. Trident. 2(14): 89.

Koluvere mõis, Koluvere, Läänemaa, Estonia

Urban park, in grass field under oak and birch trees

58°54'18.8"N 24°06'10.7"E

🔆 Partial overcast with occasional sun, semi-shade