Cap coloured a distinctive bloody red, pink or purple. Sometimes it may show a yellowish or orange tinge in the centre. At first convex, later flattened and depressed, shiny or somewhat sticky when damp. The cuticle can easily be peeled off halfway to the centre. The flesh is fragile, white, with a mild taste and without scent. It quickly becomes soft and spongy and also greyish. Gills are cream or pallid ochraceous, adnexed, brittle, narrow, and strongly interveined. Stem white or tinged pink, more or less equal or tapering slightly upwards, smooth. The stem flesh is white, fragile, and stuffed. The stem has no ring. Spore print deep cream to dark ochre.
Microscopic Features: The spores are broadly ellipsoidal to globose, measuring 8-10.5 x 7-8μm. They have large warts, some up to 1.2μm tall, and are partially connected, forming a reticulate network.
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