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Yellow-capped Russula

Russula sp. Genus

Moderate confidence TM0006 31 July 2026 · 17:48 5 frames
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Angles captured. Cap from above (2), oblique from below (2), full profile with gills and stipe (1).

Morphology

Cap 6–8 cm, convex flattening to shallowly depressed, bright chrome to lemon yellow, smooth and slightly viscid-looking when fresh, margin even to faintly striate. Gills white to pale cream, close, adnexed, appearing brittle rather than pliant; a few forked near the stipe. Stipe white, stout, cylindrical, 4–6 cm, chalky-textured, no ring, no volva. Flesh white.

Habitat & substrate

Mixed oak–beech leaf litter on a gentle slope, among low green herbs. Terrestrial, solitary, ectomycorrhizal habit.

Lookalikes & what rules them out

Yellow Amanita species — ruled out by the absence of a ring and any basal volva or cup, and by the brittle gill texture. Yellow Amanita would also show free gills.

Found at Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary, Worcester, MA on Friday, 31 July 2026 at 17:48. See the full walk for that day's weather and everything else recorded.

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