4 October 1998, with Oak and Ash, Cambridgeshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, then depressed, margin decorated with coarse hairs, pale pinkish brown, to about 12 cm across Gills Adnate to decurrent, narrow, cream Stem Cylindrical, smooth, hollow, cream to pale pinkish brown Flesh Whitish, producing a white milk on cutting Smell Fruity Taste Mild, then acrid Season Autumn Distribution Very rare, known from less than a dozen English counties and one in Scotland Habitat In deciduous woods, usually with oak, but also beech and ash Spore Print Cream Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, with a network of ridges (6-9) x (5-7) µm2 Edibility Inedible |