SCIENTIFIC NAME: LACTARIUS VIETUS
VERNACULAR NAME: GREY MILKCAP

Fig 1
CAP 2 - 8cm in diameter.  At first convex then flattening out and finally becoming funnel-shaped. Barely distinct umbo present at times. Colour varies with pinkish-grey tones predominant. Margin starts inrolled and the general cap is slimy when damp.
STIPE Buffish to pink, fragile and can be tapering, cylindrical or slightly clavate.
GILLS/PORES Gills are finely spaced, creamy buff and slightly decurrent.
FLESH Hollow and buff coloured. Milk hot and acrid and dries greyish-green on the gills.
SPORES White to creamy yellow, elliptic with ridged network.
HABITAT Found in usually in large groups in moist areas with Birch.
SEASON Frequent, autumn.
EDIBILITY Inedible. r

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