Lactarius torminosus

Lactarius torminosus is a large fungus in the genus Lactarius, known as the Woolly milk-cap in English.

It has a hairy pink cap up to 12cm in diameter which is furry and zonate and when the flesh is broken is bleeds a milky latex which remains white. It grows in association with birch and is found throughout the UK.

It can induce severe and violent vomiting (eaten fresh), however in Finland, Russia and other North European countries it is eaten, after boiling or five-day soaking, pickled and valued for its hot, burning taste.

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