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.





Scientific Classification

Phylum
Club fungi Class
Mushroom-forming fungi Order
Russulales Family
Russulaceae Genus
Russulas Species
Crab brittlegill