26 July 2009 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, then flattened, or depressed, greenish and decorated with darker spots, margin often furrowed, to about 12 cm across Gills Almost free, whitish Stem Cylindrical, whitish, sometimes brownish with age Flesh Firm, white Smell Indistinct Taste Mild Season Summer to autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat With deciduous trees, favouring beech and oak Spore Print Whitish to pale cream Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, warty and decorated with ridges (6-9) x (5.5-7) µm2 Edibility Edible Notes This is one of the few Russula species which is easy to identify |