Fruit body: cap up to 15 cm, expanded and depressed in centre, slightly slimy, faintly zonate, orange-pink, slightly or not turning green, margin remains involute for long. Gills are crowded, orange-pink. Stem is up to 10x3 cm, colour more or less as cap, partially ornamented with shallow orange pits.

Microscopy: spores broadly ellipsoid, ornamented with network, 8—10x6.5—7.5 μm, cream en masse with pink hues.

Flesh: bright orange, darker towards margin, somewhat bitter taste. Milk is pinkish-orange, unchanging or slowly turning to brown and shades of wine colour, without distinct smell and faint bitter taste.

Habitat: season summer to autumn, under fir (Abies).

Edibility: edible.

Reference: Uzelac, B. (2009). Gljive Srbije i zapadnog Balkana, BGV Logik, Beograd.

Photo: Goran Milošević