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Curry Scented Milkcap
Edible 
Autumn 
Summer 
A fairly easy to identify milkcap that can grow in large numbers, a few look similar but with it’s clear milk with cloudy bits and the eventual smell of curry you can be sure you have found the correct mushroom.
| Mushroom Type | |
| Common Names | Curry Scented Milkcap, Curry Milkcap |
| Scientific Name | Lactarius camphoratus |
| Season Start | Aug |
| Season End | Nov |
| Average Mushroom height (CM) | 10 |
| Average Cap width (CM) | 9 |
Cap
Dark red to brown with edges that curl over slightly until the cap flattens out. The middle can be darker with a central depression and a persistent umbo.
Gills
Pinkish off white to tan darkening with age, slightly decurrent and fairly crowded.
Milk
The milk is clear with cloudy bits and does not change colour when dry. When tasting the milk it should be mild or possibly a bit sweet, not bitter or acrid.
Stem
Similar in colour to the cap darkening towards the base and very brittle.
Flesh
Similar to the cap colour with white marks, can be hollow.
Habitat
Mainly with pines and other coniferous trees but can be found in deciduous woodland growing with birch.
Possible Confusion
Other Milkcaps but with the milk being clear with cloudy bits and the eventual smell of curry you should avoid confusion.
Spore Print
Cream coloured. Subglobose.
Taste / Smell
Fairly indistinctive until drying when it develops the smell of curry, fenugreek or camphor.
Frequency
Common.
Other Facts
The Curry Scented Milkcap can be eaten as a mushroom but is usually dried and used as a flavouring.
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