Russula

I saw a fair few of these mushrooms amongst the Birch clumps scattered through Brinken Wood and Camel Green today, testament to our current mild wet climate, no doubt. Yellow Swamp Russula (Russula claroflava). Frequently found in Birch woodland, particularly wet Birch woodland in late summer through to autumn. As with many of the Russula family it's listed as 'edible'. I usually stay clear of collecting Russulas, many are similarly coloured and the subtle variations in colour between edibles and inedible are so numerous and commonplace have always put me off. Although the Yellow Swamp Russula doesn't suffer from this problem.