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Grzybiarz is a mobile app for mushroom foragers. Its on-device AI helps you spot fruiting bodies in the leaf litter and suggests a species from a photo, and the app keeps a private map of your finds. Everything runs on your phone and works fully offline in the forest without signal.

Green RussulaRussula virescens

edible

Green RussulaRussula virescens

Photo: (c) Jeff Clark, some rights reserved (CC BY)

Habitat

deciduous forests

mixed forests

beech forests

under oaks

Season

from June to September

Russulaceae

5–15 cm

Season

Out of seasonOut of season. It usually grows from early July to mid-September.

Today · 22–28 Octout of season

how often reportedpeak

Season

Jun–Sep

Peak

Jul–Aug

Reports

111from Poland, few

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Death Cap grows at the same time

Both species grow together for about 9 wk a year. Most strongly from mid-August to late August.

Curve from 111 observations (iNaturalist, Poland), smoothed week by week. It shows when foragers most often report the species, not how much of it grows.

Key features

Cap greenish to gray-green, covered with characteristic cracked, mosaic-like patches of skin resembling a mossy coating. Gills white, brittle; flesh white with a mild nutty taste; stem white.

Similar (be careful)Confusions documented in our database

DeathcapAmanita phalloides

deadly

The Green Russula has a cap cracked into a 'mosaic' and crumbly flesh with no volva; the Deathcap has a smooth cap, fibrous flesh and a volva at the base. A mosaic cap is characteristic of this brittlegill.

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