Bearded Milkcap
Poisonous 
Autumn 
Summer 
The Bearded Milk Cap, Lactarius pubescens.
A fairly easy to identify family of mushrooms with lactating gills and flesh.
| Mushroom Type | |
| Common Names | Bearded Milkcap (EN), Cap Llaeth Barfog (CY), Mleczaj Omszony (PL), Fehéres Szőrgomba (HU) |
| Scientific Name | Lactarius pubescens |
| Season Start | Aug |
| Season End | Nov |
| Average Mushroom height (CM) | 7 |
| Average Cap width (CM) | 10 |
Please note that each and every mushroom you come across may vary in appearance to these photos.
Cap
Convex becoming depressed in the middle and having ‘woolly’ in-turned edges. White pale salmon/yellow in just about visible concentric rings.
Gills
Gills white/pale salmon slightly running down stem. Crowded.
Milk
The gills exude milk which is white and hot to the taste and unchanging in colour.
Stem
White to pale yellow/pink tapering slightly towards the base.
Flesh
White/off-white.
Habitat
On sandy soil around and under birch trees.
Possible Confusion
The Woolly Milkcap (Lactarius torminosus), is similar but darker and has a more salmon to red colour, pictured.
Spore Print
Pale cream/ivory. Ellipsoid with fine warts.
Taste / Smell
Hot and acrid.
Frequency
Uncommon.
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