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Amanita rubescens
A. rubescens has a reddish-brown convex pileus (cap), which is 5–15 centimetres (2–6 inches) across, and strewn with small white-to-mahogany warts.
It is sometimes covered with an ochre-yellow flush which can be washed by the rain.
The flesh of the mushroom is white, becoming pink when bruised or exposed to air.
The stipe (stem) is white with flushes of the cap colour, and grows to 5–15 cm.
The gills are white and free of the stem, and display red spots when damaged.
Common & widespread around Britain from June-October.