Hygrophorus erubescens (Fr.) Fr. Cap 3-10cm across, convex becoming flatter and broadly umbonate with an incurved margin; whitish or flesh-colored, with a pink tinge over the whole cap and darker red on the disc; purple-pink scales or fibers all over the cap, yellow-spotted in places; margin minutely woolly and often beaded with drops of moisture. Gills adnate to decurrent, subdistant, moderately broad; pink spotted red. Stem 40-70 X 6-12mm, at first beaded with drops of moisture; top white, lower part pale reddish-brown and sometimes yellowish when bruised; scaly and covered in minute, close fibers. Flesh thin, but thicker on disc; white; staining yellowish where bruised. Odor not distinctive. Taste bitter. Spores ellipsoid, nonamyloid, 6.4-7.7 x 4.1-5.2ì. Deposit white. Habitat gregarious under conifers, particularly pine and spruce. Common at high altitudes. Found in western North America, especially in the mountains. Season September-November. Not edible.