Coconut Milkcap - Lactarius glyciosmus
Alternative names
Coconut Scented Milk Cap
Description
Cap is 2 to 5 cm across sometimes more, thin and fragile. It is convex with an inrolled margin when young, becoming flatter or shallowly depressed later. It may be finely hairy, or (at maturity) very finely scaly; usually pinkish buff but occasionally somewhat darker and browner and sometimes with vague concentric zones. It smells like It smells like the desiccated coconut used in confectionery.
Identification difficulty

Habitat
In woodland or in grassland, always near birch.
When to see it
Late summer to autumn.
UK Status
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
VC55 Status
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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