Russula pectinatoides

Russula pectinatoides Peck (illustrated 50% life size) Cap 3–8cm across, convex to centrally depressed, margin strongly striate-tuberculate; yellowish-brown to dull straw colour or cinnamon; viscid when wet; peeling half way or more. Stem 25–50×5–10mm, equal; white to pale yellowish or brown where bruised; hollow. Flesh white; taste mild or slightly acrid, smell slightly oily or fetid. Gills thin; white to pale cream. Spores 7–9×5.5–7µ ovate; warts 0.4–0.8µ high, with an incomplete reticulum. Spore print cream (D–E). Habitat with mixed hardwoods; summer to early autumn. Occasional. Not edible.