Russula emetica (Schaeff.) Pers. 1796

Russula emetica (Schaeff.) Pers. Obs. Myc. 1: 100. 1796
Agaricus emeticus Schaeff. Fung. Bavar. 4; Ind. 9. 1774. Agaricus sylvaticus Lam. Fl. Fr. 1: 106. 1778. Amanita rubra Lam. Encyc. 1: 105. 1783.
Pileus fleshy, convex to plane or depressed, 5-10 cm. broad; surface rosy, soon blood-red, then fulvous or sometimes ochroleucous or entirely white, viscid when wet, shining, with separable pellicle, glabrous; margin striatetuberculate to sulcate: context red next to the pellicle, otherwise white, acrid, without special odor; lamellae pure-white, equal, free or slightly adnexed, broad, subdistant; stipe white or reddish, subequal, spongy to solid, firm, elastic, even, 4-8 cm. long, 1-2 cm. thick: spores globose, echinulate, 8-10 m in diameter.
Type locality: Bavaria.
Habitat: On the ground in woods or on rotten logs.