Oakbug Milkcap

Lactarius quietus

Oak woods, forests with oak. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies medium-sized. Cap 3-8 (10) cm across, when young convex, later flattened, depressed, without an umbo, the surface fibrous, zoned, reddish or yellowish-brown, fading to a pale brownish colour. Gills whitish, cream, later orange-yellowish, yellowish-brownish, adnate. Stem 3-7x0.3-1.3 cm, brownish, darker in the lower part. Flesh brownish, thin, firm, not bitter, with white milk, slightly bitter in taste, turning yellowish after a few minutes on reacting with air. Characteristic features: the white milk turns yellowish once exuded. Grows singly or in small groups. Edible, common. After brief boiling in salted water the bitterness disappears.