Lactarius cilicioides (Fr.) Fr.
Fransen Milchling.
Cap 10–20cm across, convex with a deep funnel-shaped central depression, pale yellowish buff to ochre-buff, with scattered ochre fibrils within its surface which become thicker and stronger coloured towards the margin, sometimes indistinctly banded towards the margin, hard and thick-fleshed, surface sticky, the fibrils forming a coarse fringe of matted hairs up to 1cm wide on the inrolled margin. Stem 40–80 x 20–45 mm, narrowing downwards towards the base or cylindrical, hard and rigid, pale yellowish buff, sometimes with indistinct darker spots. Flesh pale yellow, a large cavity developing inside the stem. Gills decurrent, pale pinkish ochre-buff. Milk white, in a few seconds sulphur yellow; taste moderately hot and acrid. Spore print pale ochre (D–E) with slight salmon tinge. Spores broadly elliptic to subglobose with a fairly full network of both thick and thin ridges and an occasional isolated wart, 7.5–8.5 x 6µ. Habitat under birch. Season late summer to early autumn. Rare. Suspect – avoid. Distribution, America and Europe.