Identified by Eric Janke. 29 July 2023 Hursley, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex when young, soon expanding, then flattened with a depressed centre, smooth, slightly viscid, usually radially zoned, greyish to greyish brown, to about 10 cm across Gills Adnate to slightly decurrent, crowded, cream when young, becoming pinkish buff with age Stem Cylindrical, smooth, pale cream to greyish Flesh Fim, whitish, exuding a white milk which turns yellow on exposure to air Smell Fruity Taste Mild, then bitter to acrid Season Summer to autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat On soil with hornbeam Microscopic Features Spores subglobose to ellipsoidal (5.5-8) x (4.5-6.5) µm2, Q = (1.1-1.4), with ridges and warts to 1 µm high in a zebra pattern. Edibility Inedible Notes Macroscopically rather similar to Lactarius pyrogalus |