14 October 2008 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, soon depressed, then funnel shaped, velvety, whitish or cream often with yellowish buff patches, to about 25 cm across Gills Decurrent, narrow, fairly crowded, thick, whitish, cream, or pale yellowish Stem Stout, cylindrical, velvety, concolorous with the cap Flesh Firm, whitish, exuding white milk Smell Variously described as fruity, foetid, or oily Taste Hot Season Autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat In deciduous woods, favouring beech, oak, birch and hazel Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, with warts and some ridges (7-10) x (6.5-9) µm2 Notes This fungus could be confused with Lactarius piperatus, Leucopaxillus giganteus and even Clitocybe geotropa 
14 October 2008 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |