The size of this mushroom can be up to 15 cm in diameter. Spore powder is rusty brown, yellow brown. It grows in almost all types of forest, often in large groups from June to October. It is very common in Latvia. Regarded edible for many years, recognized as poisonous by a number of mycologists now. The disease can strike when these mushrooms have been eaten for many years. Specialists say the accumulated substances cause severe allergic reactions, up to fatal kidney and liver damage. Several deaths have been recorded among the people who had been consuming this mushroom.

Indīga. Ilgus gadus to lietojot bez pamanāmām sekām, pēkšņi var sākties sarkano asinsķermenīšu sabrukšana, tikt bojātas aknas un nieres, tā ka var pat iestāties nāve.