Russula neerimea

The fruit body is a mushroom with the stem central positioned under the cap. The cap, up to 6 centimetres in diameter, is flattened but with a central depression when fully open. It is buff or yellowish, viscid when fresh and with a striate margin. The gills are buff and the stem is whitish, up to 6 centimetres long and 1 to 2 in diameter.

There is neither a universal nor a partial veil.

Spore print: white to cream.

Gates & Ratkowsky (page 142 in A Field Guide to Tasmanian Fungi, 2^nd ed., 2016) say that there is “a strong odour of machine oil, which is a useful characteristic in the field”.

The fruit bodies are found on soil in native forests and woodlands.

The Northern Hemisphere species Russula pectinatoides is superficially similar and in the past specimens of Russula neerimea were recorded as Russula pectinatoides.