– Cap convex to expanded, pink to yellow-red, zonate, with a bearded cap margin.
– Gills adnate to slightly decurrent, yellow-white with a pink tone.
– Stem smooth, pale pink.
– Flesh exudes white latex with a burning acrid taste from fresh injuries.
Lactarioid agarics
Woolly Milkcap
Lactarius torminosus
LC
Least concern
Edible
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Characteristics
Ecology
Grows with birch in wooded pastures, deciduous and mixed forests.
Notes
Edible, but must be parboiled in plenty of water, which is then discarded before preparation.
Similar species
Lactarius pubescens has a paler cap colour and lacks distinct zones on the cap.
