How to identify it?
Cap
Cap 6-15 cm across, domed, flat, or with a slightly depressed centre; variable, most commonly purple to wine-red, or greenish; surface sticky. Flesh soft, white, yellowish brown to brownish or brown when sliced. Taste mild.
Gills
Gills adnexed to shortly decurrent, white or cream, crowded, close, or nearly distant.
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Club fungi Class
Mushroom-forming fungi Order
Russulales Family
Russulaceae Genus
Russulas Species
Crab brittlegill