14 October 2006 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, then depressed, often with a narrow central bump, usually finely wrinkled, margin sometimes lined, brick to pale orange, to about 4 cm across Gills Sub-decurrent, crowded, pale orange to yellowish, sometimes pinkish Stem Concolorous with the cap Flesh Fragile, whitish to dark-pink, producing a white milk which slowly turns pale yellowish (dab some on a white handkerchief) Smell Slight, like Lactarius quietus Taste Mild to slightly acrid Season Late summer to autumn Distribution Common Habitat In deciduous woods, favouring birch, oak and beech Spore Print Whitish Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, with warts more or less connected by ridges (6.5-9) x (5-7) µm2, warts to 1 µm high. Edibility Inedible |