Russula lundelii Sing. Grosser Weisstieltäubling.
Cap 8–15cm across, convex, later flattening or with a depression, orange scarlet, blood coloured, yellowish bay, reddish rust, brownish apricot or deep rosy wine-coloured, sometimes with ochre or yellowish areas, rather firm to almost hard, very fleshy, sticky when moist, one-third peeling. Stem 80–100 x 20–30mm, white, rarely tinted dull purplish, browning slightly on handling, hard. Flesh white. Taste bitter and more or less hot. Gills adnexed, deep saffron, connected by veins at their bases. Spore print ochre (H). Spores somewhat globose with warts up to 0.7–1µ high, isolated, no lines, 7–8 x 6.5–7µ. Cap cystidia sparse, cylindrical, reacting with SV. Habitat under birch. Season summer to early autumn. Uncommon – mainly Scottish, but also recorded from S. England. Not edible. Found In Europe.