How to identify it?
Cap
Cap 2-10 cm across, convex, later flattens, sometimes becomes saucer-shaped when mature; bright blood-red, or rose coloured at first, fading slightly with age, and often having paler areas; surface smooth. Flesh soft, brittle, white. Taste somewhat hot and peppery, and sometimes bitter on the tongue.
Gills
Gills adnexed to shortly decurrent, creamy to yellowish or yellow, close.
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Club fungi Class
Mushroom-forming fungi Order
Russulales Family
Russulaceae Genus
Russulas Species
Rosy russula 
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