Mild Milkcap

Lactarius mitissimus

Coniferous forests, especially spruce, also mixed forests. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 3-7 cm across, when mature flattened, with or without a small umbo, surface smooth, slimy, shiny, matt in dry weather, orange-yellow, brownish-orange. Young gills cream, later the colour of the cap, narrow, crowded, thin, adnate; the milk is white. Stem 3-7x0.3-1 cm, the colour of the cap, brittle. Flesh whitish, later pale orange, firm, not bitter, with a nutty smell; the milk is white. Characteristic features: fruiting bodies orange, yellowish-orange; the white milk does not change colour on reacting with air. Grows singly or in small groups. Common. Edible.