Russula roseipes Secr. ex Bres. (illustrated 50% life size) Cap 4โ7cm across, convex then flatter with a central depression; rosy pink to orange-rose, often with tiny whitish spots, fading with age; dry, dull, pruinose. Stem 30โ60ร7โ12mm, clavate; white speckled with rose-pink. Flesh white; soft; taste mild, smell pleasant. Gills subdistant; white. Spores 7.5โ9.5ร6โ8ยต, ovate; warts below 0.5ยต high. Spore print deep yellow (EโF). Habitat with deciduous trees, normally in mountains; summer to early autumn. Very rare in Britain. Edible.
