Milk White Brittlegill in Noord-Holland: the week ahead

Russula delica

The map below is built from the measurement network. A 2.5 km grid with a per-species layer is computed for one region so far.

Today

Milk White Brittlegill
Building

confidence 50%

Flush phase

  1. Quiet
  2. Starting
  3. Building
  4. Peak
  5. Fading

Updated 18 September 2026, 11:37 BST

7 days

Index, day by day

Week's best 56on Sundayaverage 54by the weekend steady

Conditions are best on Sunday.

  1. Today5518 Sept
  2. Sat5519 Sept
  3. Sun5620 Sept
  4. Mon5621 Sept
  5. Tue5522 Sept
  6. Wed5223 Sept
  7. Thu5124 Sept

Map

Where to look: milk white brittlegill

A field over the measurement network. The colour here is for the leading species at each point, not for this one; a per-species layer is computed for one region so far.

About the species. Eaten in parts of Europe after cooking and often used for preserving. It does not produce latex when broken, unlike true milkcaps. The dry cap and lack of a shaggy margin are useful clues, but these features alone are not enough for a safe identification.

Milk White Brittlegill in Noord-Holland: where to look

Milk White Brittlegill — botanical illustration

Milk White Brittlegill: the species in brief

How to tell it

A stout white to cream mushroom with a depressed or funnel-shaped cap. It often pushes up through soil and leaf litter, so the cap is commonly dirty or partly buried.

Where it grows

In broadleaved and mixed woodland, often deep in the litter layer.

In the kitchen

Commonly preserved or salted in eastern and central Europe. The texture stays fairly firm; fried specimens are mild in flavour.

Nutrition

Low in calories. Exact values vary with age and preparation.

This is a note about the species, not about what is in your basket. Full card with lookalikes →

What else is out here now

The other species in this region, by today's index.

Milk White Brittlegill in neighbouring regions

A regional boundary means nothing to a mushroom, and the next region is sometimes closer than the far side of your own. The index is for today.