Lactarius deliciosus (Saffron Milkcap)
The fruit body is a mushroom with a cap atop a central stem. The cap may be up to 15 centimetres in diameter and often lower in the centre than at the margins and hence shaped like a shallow funnel. The stem is stout, often 5-8 centimetres long and about 2 wide. The cap and stem are generally carrot orange and usually pitted with numerous shallow depressions. The gills are a little paler. With age the cap may fade to a paler, somewhat bleached colour.
There is neither a partial nor a universal veil.
Spore print: white.
The mushrooms may bruise green and, if broken, bleed an orange juice (though this may not happen if a mushroom has started to dry out).
This is an introduced species from the northern hemisphere and in our area is commonly found near pine trees, with which it is mycorrhizal.
