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- noun A
mushroom of the genusRussula .
Etymologies
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brittle + gill
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Tight clusters of spiny puffballs and sulphur tufts, troops of fairy inkcaps and the yellow caps of brittlegill toadstools flanked the footpath.
Country diary: Allen Banks, Northumberland Phil Gates 2010
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