Yellow Swamp Brittlegill - Russula claroflava

Cap 4 to 10 cm in diameter, convex at first, later flattening and often with slightly depressed centre. Bright yellow, sometimes fading to ochre-yellow, the cap surface is smooth when dry and sticky when wet. The cuticle peels half-way to the centre, and the flesh beneath the cuticle is white, greying slowly where cut or broken. It has pale ochre-yellow gills.

Photographs required showing cap and gills.  Please also state the habitat – was it under Birch or Aspen?

It is usually found in woodland or damp places under Birch and Aspen.

Mainly a summer and autumn mushroom in Britain, only occasionally found in spring.

Widespread in Britain.

Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.