> Growing gregariously in grass under mature Pinus strobus > The largest mature cap was just under 7 cm in diameter; young caps are more like 3-4 cm in diameter > The cap center is deep red, while the outer areas are pale red to medium pink > Cuticle peels just a notch above 1/3 r > The cap margin is tuberculate-striate > Flesh tastes mild and waxy > Gills are straw-colored; some forking at base only; waxy to touch > The spore print appears to be pale ochre to yellow, but I need to observe them "in an opaque mass" to confirm and I bet it will be darker > Fatto-Kibby code AIKNQT or AIKNRT; eventually arrived at R. cessans_, after eliminating the first code, which is a very good match to the description at http://www.mushroomexpert.com/russulacessans.html