Russula lepida Fr. Harter Zinnobertäubling, Russule jolie, Cul rouge, Rouget. Cap 4–10cm across, convex, later flattening or slightly depressed, red, often paler and white or yellowish white in places or occasionally entirely, fleshy, hard; surface matt, dry, sometimes as if powdered, hardly peeling. Stem 30–70 x 15–35mm, white or flushed pink or red in part or entirely, often club-shaped or swollen slightly in the middle, powdered. Flesh white. Taste mild, of cedarwood pencils, sometimes bitter, smell slightly fruity with a suggestion of menthol. Gills almost free, pale cream. Spore print pale cream (B–C). Spores almost globose with warts up to 0.5µ high, joined by lines and ridges to form a well-developed network, 8–9 x 7–8µ. Cap cystidia frequent, cylindrical, tapering, spindle-shaped or narrow club-shaped, not reacting with SV; hyphae staining in fuchsin also present but granules that stain are rather sparse and scattered. Habitat with deciduous trees especially beech. Season summer to early autumn. Frequent. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe.