November 2002 New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Liver milk cap Cap Convex when young, expanding with a depressed centre, sometimes with a small central bump, margin sometimes furrowed, smooth, pinkish brown to reddish brown, to about 7 cm across Gills Decurrent, pinkish brown Stem Cylindrical, smooth, pinkish brown to reddish brown Flesh Pale to pinkish-buff, fragile to firm, producing a white milk which turns yellow a minute or two after exposure to air Smell Slight, like Lactarius quietus Taste Acrid and bitter Season Autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat On soil with conifers, usually pine Spore Print Cream-yellow Microscopic Features Spores subglobose to broadly ellipsoidal (6.5-9.5) x (5.5-7.5) µm2, Q = (1.05-1.35), with an irregular network of warts and ridges to 1 µm high. Edibility Inedible |