Russula delica Fr., Russulaceae, Agaricales. Local names: Ð"ÑÑÐ·Ð´Ñ ÑÑÑ Ð¾Ð¹, подгÑÑздок белÑй, Short-stalked White Russula. It is the main commercial mushroom of this National park and Akmola District (for winter store). I use the most typical photos of this popular folk mushroom. White cap: 8-20cm wide when adult, slightly convex up to flattened and sunken in the centre, margins curved in, old one sometimes becoming funnel-shaped; smooth, color from white up to yellowish-white or some brownish with dying. Old or dried damage makes weak dull brownish or yellowish coloring. Odor is pleasant. Flesh is white up to dull yellowish-white and loose when dying. Gills: attached or slightly descending (when funnel-shaped), close to crowded; color from white and very light greenish-white up to dull yellowish-white. Young unit has rare weak white milk at gills, which makes later yellowish-brown points after damage on old gills. Spore print is white. Stalk: 2-4cm long, white up to dull yellowish-white when old; 1.5-3.5cm thick, sometimes narrowing down, loose or hollow with edging. Habitat: scattered small groups up to abundant in pine-tree forest with rare birches. Edibility: good (special methods of cooking). Young one looks as Lactarius vellereus (Fr.) Fr., but it is not so strong and acrid. Season: June - September.