R. fellea (Fries) Fries Geranium-scented russula
Cap: width 40-75 mm. Stem: width 10-20 mm; length 30-75 mm.
Cap: tacky when fresh, straw-coloured or pale tawny brown.
Stem: similarly coloured to the cap.
Gills and flesh: pale straw-colour and smelling of House Geraniums (i.e. Pelargoniums).
Spore-print: cream-coloured.
Common under beech.
R. foetens (Fries) Fries Foetid russula
Cap: width 70-170 mm. Stem: width 15-30 mm; length 50-90 mm.
Cap: slimy, dingy yellow to tawny, margin strongly furrowed and ornamented with raised bumps.