SCIENTIFIC NAME: LACTARIUS TORMINOSUS
VERNACULAR NAME: WOOLLY MILK CAP

Fig 1
CAP 5-15cm in diameter. A lovely pinkish cap with a wooly surface and inrolled margin give the game away when trying to identify this lovely species. The cap is always concave when old. Usually concentric circles can be made out on the cap surface.
STIPE Downy and solid but becoming smoother and hollow with age.
GILLS/PORES Gills are white or pale pink and are slightly decurrent exuding a creamy milk when broken.
FLESH Thick, firm and white.
SPORES Pale yellowish cream, oval with low warts.
HABITAT With birch trees in damp areas..
SEASON Infrequent.  Late summer to autumn.
EDIBILITY Inedible. r

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