How to identify it?
Cap
Cap 3-10 cm across, convex when young, becoming broadly convex to flat; bright red or creamy yellowish to nearly white; surface sticky when wet, fairly smooth. Flesh soft, white. Taste bitter.
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Gills
Gills adnexed, white, becoming creamy, close or nearly distant.
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Scientific Classification
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Phylum
Club fungi Class
Mushroom-forming fungi Order
Russulales Family
Russulaceae Genus
Russulas Species
Creamy russula