Russula sanguinea (Bull. ex St. Amans) Fr. Blut-Täubling, Russule sanguine, Bloody Brittlegill.
Cap 5–10cm across, convex, later flattening or saucer-shaped, blood to purplish-red or rose, often with whitish areas, fleshy, rigid or even hard, peeling at margin only; surface soon dry and matt, rough or veined. Stem 40–100 x 10–30mm, white, pink or red, firm. Flesh white. Taste slightly to moderately hot, also sometimes bitter. Gills adnate-decurrent, cream or pale ochre, narrow, forking or with cross-connections. Spore print pale to deep cream (C–F). Spores ovoid with warts up to 1µ high, with very few connecting lines, 7–10 x 6–8µ. Cap cystidia cylindrical to narrow club-shaped, often teat-ended, with 0–2 septa, somewhat poorly reacting to SV. Habitat under conifers. Season summer to autumn. Occasional. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe.