The Sickener (Russula emetica)

Edibility: poisonous.

Notes: This mushroom falls into the class of digestive irritants.  It causes abdonimal discomform, vomiting and diarrhoea.

Cap: size 4-9cm; colour red; shape convex at first, flattening later.

Gills: colour white; gills join the stem to the full depth of the gill. Neither curving up to the cap or running down the stem." class="glossary_link" href="/mushrooms/glossary#adnate">adnate; brittle.

Stem: length 5-8cm; width 1-2cm; colour white.

Spores: white.

Flesh: colour white; texture crumbly.

Habitat: found in coniferous wood growing solitaryor in small groups.

Frequency: common.