The one Russula with flexible, greasy gills that do not shatter. Mild-tasting and excellent.
Side by side
Russula emetica
Russula cyanoxantha
In this game
Poisonous
Edible
Habitat
Wet conifer woodland and sphagnum bog, with pine and spruce.
Broadleaf woodland, mycorrhizal with beech and oak.
Season
Summer to autumn.
Summer to autumn.
Spore print
White.
White.
This comparison cannot make a mushroom safe to eat. It sets out the few characteristics this game records, in general terms, for two species that vary by region, age and growing conditions. Real specimens overlap in ways no table and no photograph can separate, and the deadly one here is deadly in a single meal. Ask a qualified local expert, every time.