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Beech Milkcap
Inedible 
Autumn 
Summer 
A common, slimy Milkcap which has a mycorrhizal relationship with Beech trees. There is confusion about the edibility of this mushroom and reports of it not tasting particularly good, so we have decided it is inedible.
| Mushroom Type | |
| Common Names | Beech Milkcap (EN), Slimy Milkcap (US), Cap Llaeth Llysnafeddog (CY), Mleczaj Śluzowaty (PL), Zöldes Tejelőgomba (HU) |
| Scientific Name | Lactarius blennius |
| Season Start | Aug |
| Season End | Nov |
| Average Mushroom height (CM) | 4–6 |
| Average Cap width (CM) | 4–10 |
Cap
4–10 cm across. Very pale and dull coloured varying from olive yellow to grey to grey green to buff. Can have darker patches or concentric rings. Starting convex with an in-rolled margin but flattening out and developing a depressed centre with uneven wavy edges.
Milk
White and copious, dries grey and is very hot to taste.
Stem
Usually concolorous with the cap but a little lighter. Smooth or slightly grooved or wrinkled.
Flesh
Off white and granular.
Habitat
Growing with Beeches, can occasionally be found with Oak.
Possible Confusion
The Ugly Milkcap (Lactarius turpis), pictured, is similar, slimy and produces copious amounts of latex but has a darker cap with olive/brown colours.
The Nimbus Milkcap (Lactarius fluens) looks rather similar, growing on the same habitat (also mycorrhizal with Beech), but it has pale cap margin, its stem is white, and its latex is not as hot as Beech the Milkcap’s.
Taste / Smell
Inedible. Taste acrid, hot, smell faintly acidic.
Frequency
Common.
Spores
Off white with a slight pink hue. Ellipsoid with warts joined by ridges.
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