Mushroom Type Edible  
    
Common Name 2 Red Pine Mushroom 
Latin Name Lactarius deliciosus 
    

    
Maximum height (CM) 7 
Maximum width (CM) 10 
    
Smell Pleasant. Slightly fruity. 
Gills Pale pink/saffron becoming carrot coloured and bruising green. Can exude carrot coloured milk. Gills running slightly down the stem. 
Spore Print Cream/pink coloured. Elliptical with ridges. 
Stem Orange to salmon pink with darker spots or shallow depressions. Can have green markings. 
Cap Convex with a depression in the centre when young becoming shallowly funnel-shaped. Salmon pink/orange with darker concentric rings. Green areas especially on aging or bruising. 
Flesh Orange becoming white towards the centre of the stem. Exudes carrot coloured milk. 
Habitat Growing under pines. 
Taste Good with a crisp texture. Will turn your meal orange. 
Possible Confusion The Woolly Milk Cap but this has 'woolly' edges to the cap that extend in towards the st