Lactarius zonarius (Bull. ex St. Amans) Fr. Bleicher Milchling, Lactaire zoné. Cap 3.5–10cm across, convex with a central funnel-shaped depression, pale yellowish-buff at first with paler margin, later ochre-buff to reddish-ochre with several, indistinct, darker concentric bands, slightly sticky, margin inrolled and hairless. Stem 25–45 x 10–20mm, whitish to buff then ochre-buff, sometimes with indistinct spots. Flesh whitish, often hollow in stem. Gills decurrent, narrow and crowded, forked near the stem, yellowish-buff later ochre-buff. Milk white; taste very hot. Smell of geraniums. Spore print buff (E–F). Spores ovoid, warts mainly joined by ridges that tend to run across the spore, forming a partial network, 7–9.5 x 5–7.2µ. Habitat deciduous woods, especially with oak. Season late summer to autumn. Rare. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe.