Russula aquosa Leclair. Wässriger Täubling, Russule aqueuse. Cap 3–7cm across, flattened convex or with a depression, lilac-tinted red to palish cherry red, often brownish in the centre, frequently pale coloured, watery and thin-fleshed, sticky when moist, very fragile, two thirds to completely peeling; margin finally furrowed and slightly warty-lumpy. Stem 40–95´10–22mm, narrowing markedly towards the apex, white, usually watery in appearance, often tinged brown, yellow or grey, very fragile. Flesh white. Taste very slightly hot, smell faint, suggesting coconut, iodine or radish. Gills almost free, well-spaced, dirty white. Spore print slightly creamy white (A). Spores ovoid, with warts up to 0.7m high, joined by fine lines to form a partial network, 7–8.5 x 6–7μ. Cap cystidia narrow club-shaped, without septa. Habitat damp places near water or in marshy places with mosses. Season summer to autumn. Apparently rare in Europe but possibly often overlooked. Found throughout northeastern north America. Edibility suspect-not recommended and of no culinary interest.