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Brittlegills

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Russula viridirubrolimata

Russula viridirubrolimata (绿边红菇) is a wild brittlegill that the 2026 Chinese catalogue of edible and medicinal fungi lists as edible. No preparation or habitat is documented.

Two whole pale mauve mushrooms and two lengthwise halves show white flesh, cream gills and pale stems on a warm ivory background.
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Russula hiemisilvae

Russula hiemisilvae is a wild African brittlegill of miombo woodland, recorded in Burundi, DR Congo, Tanzania and Zambia. Sources document no preparation and no edibility verdict.

Two whole red-capped mushrooms and two lengthwise halves showing pale flesh, gills and stems rest on a warm ivory background.
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Russula compressa

Russula compressa is a red-capped African brittlegill that grows with miombo trees. The institutional inventory records it as edible; the sources read do not give a preparation.

Two whole yellow-capped mushrooms and two lengthwise halves showing white flesh and pale gills sit on a warm ivory background.
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Yellow swamp brittlegill

Yellow swamp brittlegill, Russula claroflava, is a wild brittlegill of damp ground under birch in northern Europe. Field guides call it mild and good to eat when cooked, and warn that cap colour alone does not identify it.

Two whole greencracked brittlegill mushrooms and two lengthwise halves show mottled grey-green caps, white flesh, gills and thick stems on a warm ivory background.
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Greencracked brittlegill

Greencracked brittlegill, Russula virescens, is a wild European brittlegill with a mottled green cap that is popular as a cooked mushroom. Several guides differ on its edibility, and green Russula are easily confused.

Two whole mushrooms with cracked grey-brown caps and two lengthwise halves showing pale flesh and gills sit on a warm ivory surface.
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Russula pseudocrustosa

Russula pseudocrustosa is a wild brittlegill recorded in China, listed as edible in a 2026 Chinese catalogue, with its host and culinary use not yet established.

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Russula acuminata

Russula acuminata, the African brittlegill, is a wild ectomycorrhizal mushroom of humid forest in Cameroon and DR Congo. An institutional inventory lists it as edible; its preparation and identity still need validation.

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Russula sesemoindu

Russula sesemoindu is a wild ectomycorrhizal mushroom with a local name in Tshopo province, DR Congo. It is recorded as eaten by several informant groups, with no preparation or safety assessment.

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Russula striatoviridis

Russula striatoviridis is a wild ectomycorrhizal mushroom recorded as locally eaten in Tshopo province, DR Congo. No preparation method or safety assessment is established for it.

Two whole charcoal burner mushrooms and two lengthwise halves display purple-grey and green-grey caps, white flesh, stems and pale gills on an ivory background.
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Charcoal burner

The charcoal burner, Russula cyanoxantha, is a wild brittlegill of European beech and mixed woods, eaten cooked; its greenish-to-brown colour is too variable to identify it by colour alone.

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Malagasy brittlegill

The Malagasy brittlegill, catalogued as Russula edulis, is an ectomycorrhizal mushroom of Madagascar's central plateau that is locally eaten and sold; Russula is the genus most eaten in Madagascar.

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Russula prolifica

Russula prolifica is an ectomycorrhizal brittlegill sold in Madagascar, where it grows under Eucalyptus plantations. It is a food-use record, not an identification guide.

Two whole darkening brittlegill mushrooms and two lengthwise halves display wine-brown caps, pale gills and white flesh on a warm ivory background.
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Darkening brittlegill

Darkening brittlegill, Russula vinosa, is a wine-red mycorrhizal mushroom of Northern European woods. Nordic field guides describe it as mild-tasting and edible, and warn that red Russulas are hard to tell apart.

Two whole pink-capped mushrooms and two lengthwise halves display cream gills and white flesh on a warm ivory background.
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The flirt

Russula vesca, the bare-toothed brittlegill, a mild, nutty wild mushroom of European beech and conifer woodland. Field sources call it edible and cook it with onions and garlic, but regional identification must be confirmed.

Three whole pale olive mushrooms and two lengthwise halves sit on a warm ivory surface, showing white stems, gills, and cut interiors.
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Russula pseudovirescens

A green-capped brittlegill recorded from China as edible or edible-and-medicinal in a 2026 national species catalogue. Its culinary use, identity and safety are not yet established.

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Russula cellulata

Russula cellulata is an ectomycorrhizal African brittlegill of dry forest, gallery forest and miombo. EFTA lists it in its edible-species inventory, but the entry gives no direct edibility statement and warns of confusion with R. liberiensis.

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Russula pruinata

Russula pruinata is an ectomycorrhizal brittlegill of Congolese rainforest recorded as locally eaten in interview-based surveys in Tshopo province.

Two whole pale olive-green mushrooms and two lengthwise halves showing white flesh, gills and stems rest on a warm ivory surface.
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Russula viridicinnamomea

Russula viridicinnamomea is a brittlegill mushroom known by the regional name regional brittlegill in Yunnan, China. One forest survey lists it as edible. This page records that single food-use record and its limits.

Two whole red-capped mushrooms and two lengthwise halves show pale stems, cream flesh and gills on a warm ivory background.
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Russula congoana

Russula congoana is an ectomycorrhizal brittlegill of miombo and savanna woodland in tropical Africa, recorded in an edible-fungi inventory. Preparation, identity and current safety still need validation.

Two whole grey-brown spotted mushrooms and two lengthwise halves showing pale flesh and gills rest on a warm ivory surface.
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Russula meleagris

Russula meleagris is an ectomycorrhizal rainforest fungus recorded as locally eaten in Tshopo province, DR Congo, where some groups reject Russula as inedible. No species-level safety assessment exists.

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Russula porphyrocephala

Russula porphyrocephala is an ectomycorrhizal rainforest mushroom recorded as eaten by people in Tshopo, DR Congo. The record is an ethnomycological food-use record, not a toxicological assessment.

Two whole reddish-brown mushrooms and two lengthwise halves show cream gills and white flesh on a warm ivory background.
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Nutty brittlegill

Nutty brittlegill (Russula integra) is a conifer-woodland mushroom with firm white flesh and a mild, nutty taste. Sources say it is edible when cooked thoroughly, and that quick cooking does not remove its toxins.

Two whole pinkish-brown mushrooms and two lengthwise halves display pale flesh, cream gills and whitish stems on a warm ivory background.
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Russula inflata

A wild Russula recorded as locally eaten in Tshopo province, DR Congo, in voucher-backed interviews. No preparation or toxicity assessment is recorded.

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Russula ciliata

A wild brittlegill of African miombo woodland listed in the EFTA edible-fungi inventory across eight countries. The inventory gives no preparation and no explicit edibility rating.

Three whole shrimp brittlegill mushrooms and two lengthwise halves display brown, wine-red and mauve caps, pale flesh and cream gills against a warm ivory background.
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Shrimp brittlegill

Russula xerampelina, the shrimp brittlegill, is a wild mushroom of conifer and mixed woods with a shellfish smell. Guides rate it edible and mild-tasting, but its red relatives include acrid look-alikes.