October 2000 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Oak Milk Cap Cap Convex, then flattened to depressed, orange brown to pale cinnamon, to about 8 cm across Gills Sub-decurrent, pale buff to pale cinnamon Stem Smooth, concolorous with the cap Flesh Firm, cream to pinkish-buff, producing a whitish milk Smell Strong, sweetish Taste Slightly unpleasant, +/- acrid Season Late summer to autumn Distribution Common Habitat In deciduous woods, associated with oak Spore Print Cream with pink tinge Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal to sub-spherical, with warts +/- connected by ridges (7-8.5) x (5-7) µm2 Edibility Edible Notes The strong sweet smell is a distinctive trait of this fungus 
October 2001 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |