Orange milkcap
From the latest record: 2026-10-04.
Gills moderately spaced; whitish to cream when young, becoming pinkish-buff to pale ochre
Convex when young, later broadly flat to shallowly depressed; smooth, dry to slightly glossy; vivid orange, orange-red to orange-brown; unzoned, margin initially inrolled
Broadly adnate to shortly decurrent
Cylindrical to slightly clavate, smooth, orange-brown to yellow-orange, usually paler near apex; becoming hollow with age; ring absent
Spore print ivory to pale cream
Mycorrhizal mainly with spruce and pine, occasionally birch and other hardwoods; coniferous and mixed forests, often on acidic soils; solitary, scattered or gregariously; summer to late autumn
Edibility disputed; generally not recommended
Fruit body small to medium; stipe ~2.5–7 cm long and ~0.5–1.2 cm thick
Cap ∅ ~1–5(–7) cm
Whitish to pale orange, brittle; abundant white latex unchanging, mild
Guaiac grey-green; FeSO₄ grey-green on flesh
Faint, slightly unpleasant, rubbery
Mild, slightly bitter, radish-like
Spores broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, ~7–9.5 × 6–7.5 µm, ornamented with low amyloid warts and connecting ridges; numerous fusoid cystidia
Small vivid orange milkcap with immutable white latex
1821). Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 624.
Kalmuse tee, Tallinn, Harju, Eesti
City zone nearby pine dominant forest, withing Pinus sylvestris trees, on grassland with conifer litter
59°28'07.9"N 24°50'32.3"E
🌡️ 12°C 🌦️ Drizzle, mostly cloudy 💨 Wind 230° SW->NE, 20 km/h
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