Russula integra or Hintapink

Cap 6-15 cm across, when young hemispherical, with age becoming flat and spread out with a slightly depressed center. The skin is smooth, slimy in wet weather, dry and matte in dry weather, peels easily over 2/3 of the cap toward the center. Color: dark purple, chestnut-purple, wine-red, with a darker center and lighter margin. In mature specimens the margin has fine radial grooves resembling coarse ribbing.

Cap 5-15 cm across (large, fleshy), when young hemispherical, becoming with age flat and spreading with a slightly depressed center. The cap skin is smooth, shiny and slimy in wet weather, dry and matte in dry weather. Peels 2/3 of the way to the center. Color bright red, blood-red with a distinct orange or ochre tint, richer in the center. In mature caps the edge has fine radial grooves.

Gilled hymenophore — the gills are attached or free from the stem, moderately spaced, fleshy, brittle. Color when young: whitish, with age turning ochre-cream to yellowish from the ripe yellow-ochre spores. Spore print yellow-ochre — a diagnostic feature (distinguishes it from the rusty brown of webcaps).

Gilled hymenophore — the gills are attached or free from the stem, crowded, fleshy, brittle. Color whitish at first, becoming cream-yellowish to ochre-cream with age. Spore print yellow-cream to ochre — a diagnostic feature (sets it apart from the white print of R. emetica).

Stem 4-8 cm tall, 1.5-3 cm thick, firm, fleshy, cylindrical, hollow inside in old specimens. Color: white to creamy white, with a faint yellowish tint when old, browning toward the base. Surface smooth with fine lengthwise wrinkles. No ring.

Stem 5-10 cm tall, 1.5-3 cm thick, firm, fleshy, cylindrical, thickening toward the base. Color whitish, often with a characteristic pink or reddish tint in the lower part — a diagnostic feature. Surface smooth with fine lengthwise wrinkles. No ring.

Flesh firm, brittle, white; where cut, it slowly turns yellow (a reaction typical of the genus Russula). Smell pleasantly mushroomy, with a fruity note in mature specimens, taste mild, sweetish and nutty, with no bitterness or acridity — a diagnostic feature.

Flesh firm, brittle, white, slowly turns yellow when cut (a reaction typical of the genus Russula). Smell distinctly fruity and pleasant, with a hint of apple in young specimens, taste mild, sweetish-nutty, with no bitterness or acridity at all — a diagnostic feature (tongue test).

Pleasantly fruity-mushroomy, with no sharp notes.

A distinct, pleasant fruity-apple smell, especially in young specimens. No unpleasant notes.