Tawny Milkcap - Lactarius fulvissimus

A medium-sized orange-brown or brick-red milkcap, getting paler as it ages; cap initially convex, expanding and eventually developing a central depression.  Decurrent gills.  Milk white, unchanging.  Smells strongly of bugs or rubber.  Taste mild to slightly acrid.  

L aurantiacus has adnate gills. 

milk/smell

Photograph from top down, in side view and from underneath to show gills and full length of stipe.  Note cap texture, smell, colour and taste of milk or flesh, and whether colour of milk changes on exposure to air (this may take some time).   You must note the tree species under which it was found.

Broadleaved woodland, often under oaks, limes, hornbeams or beeches

August to November in Britain and Ireland.

Widespread and fairly frequent in broadleaf woodlands throughout Britain.

Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.