Russula mairei Sing. Buchen-Speitäubling, Russule de Maire, Beechwood Brittlegill.
Cap 3–9cm across, convex, later flattening, red or pink to entirely white, typically rather firm and thick-fleshed, one third peeling, underlying flesh pink. Stem 25–45 x 10–15mm, white, cylindrical, rarely club-shaped, usually hard. Flesh white. Taste hot, smell of coconut when young. Gills rounded, adnexed, white with greenish tinge, later cream, closely spaced at first. Spore print whitish (A). Spores ovoid with warts up to 0.5µ high, joined by thin lines to form a well-developed network with small meshes, 7–8 x 6–6.5µ. Cap cystidia mostly club-shaped with up to two septa, strongly reacting to SV. Habitat beech. Season autumn. Common. Poisonous. Found In Europe.