Geriefter Weichtäubling. Russula nauseosa (Pers. ex Secr.) Fr. Cap 2–7cm across, convex, later flattening and finally with a shallow depression, wine coloured to red or often pale, washed-out colours, greyish rose, pale brownish, dull yellowish or tinged greenish, thin-fleshed, fragile, easily peeling; margin often shallowly warty and furrowed. Stem 20–75 x 5–15mm, white, often tinged brownish or yellowish, often narrow club-shaped, soft, fragile. Flesh white, stem often hollow. Taste mild or slightly hot. Gills almost free, saffron, thin, connected by veins at their bases. Spore print pale ochre to ochre (G–H). Spores ovoid to elliptic, with warts up to 1.2µ high, isolated or occasionally with fine lines attached, 7–11 x 6–9µ. Cap cystidia abundant, mainly club-shaped, with up to two septa. Habitat under conifers, possibly only in Scotland. Season late spring to early autumn. Rare. Edible – possibly best avoided due to its hot taste. Distribution, America and Europe.