Lactarius bresadolianus

Lactarius bresadolianus Singer. (illustrated 50% life size) Cap 3–12cm across, convex and centrally depressed to widely funnel-shaped, margin incurved at first; yellowish-buff to clay-buff, lightly zoned; surface viscid. Stem 25–80×12–25mm; cream, more ochraceous with age; solid. Flesh white; firm; taste very acrid after a few seconds, smell fruity. Gills adnate, a little crowded; pale ochraceous-cream. Milk white, abundant, drying greyish; taste very acrid, after a while also bitter. Spores 8–10×6.8–8.5¼, elliptical; warts small, connected by fine lines in an incomplete network. Spore print pale buff-yellow. Habitat in conifer woods; late summer to early winter. Known from Central Europe and Scandinavia, not recorded for Britain. Not edible. Note some mycologists synonomise this species with L. zonarioides Kühn. & Romagn.