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Russula badia Quél. · Russulaceae
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The burning brittlegill is a red-brown brittlegill with a mild smell of cedarwood and a hot taste. It is inedible.
It is hot-tasting and inedible, and smells of cedarwood.
It tastes mild and almond-like, and its spore print is ochre-yellow. The burning brittlegill, by contrast, has a lustreless cap, often a red stem, smells of cedarwood and becomes extremely hot after a while.
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It has harder flesh and paler gills.
View on the map| Burning brittlegill | Nutty brittlegill | Russet brittlegill | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cap | 4 to 10 cm wide, red-brown | 6 to 12 cm, chestnut to wine-brown | 6 to 15 cm, yellow-brown to red-brown, weasel-fur coloured |
| Underside | gills broad, cream-white | gills cream when young, ochre to buff when ripe | gills cream-white |
| Stem | white, firm | white, firm | white, spotting brownish |
| Flesh | white, breaks pale | white, firm | white, very hard |
| Edibility | Inedible | edible | edible |
Acidic conifer woodland soils. From the lowlands up to the hills and mountains.
Spruce, pine.
possible good main season
Under spruce and pine.
There are no records per region for this species yet. The country pages lead to all regions with a daily forecast.
Poison centre:
Emergency: 112 · 999
Poison centre:
Emergency: 112
Mushroom advice: DGfM: find a mushroom expert. Certified mushroom experts of the German Mycological Society (DGfM).
Collecting rules: Mushrooms that are not specially protected may be collected in small quantities for personal use unless a protected area or ban applies. Certain specially protected edible species (e.g. cep, chanterelle, birch bolete) may be collected in small quantities for personal use.
Poison centre:
Emergency: 112 · 144
Mushroom advice: Austrian Mycological Society (ÖMG): mushroom advice. Mushroom advice by the Austrian Mycological Society or regional services such as municipal market offices.
Collecting rules: At most 2 kg of mushrooms per person per day unless the forest owner has prohibited collecting; organised collecting events are prohibited. Additional state rules apply (collecting hours, closed seasons), e.g. Carinthia, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Salzburg.
Hot taste.
Do not confuse it with mild brittlegills.
No, the burning brittlegill is not edible. It is hot-tasting and smells of cedarwood.
The burning brittlegill grows from June to October on acidic conifer woodland soils under spruce and pine.
You can confuse it with the nutty brittlegill and the russet brittlegill. The nutty brittlegill tastes mild and almond-like and has an ochre-yellow spore print, whereas the burning brittlegill has a lustreless cap, often a red stem, smells of cedarwood and becomes extremely hot after a while. The russet brittlegill has harder flesh and paler gills.
The spore print is white. The cap is 4 to 10 cm wide, red-brown, dull and often with scale remnants at the margin.
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