Cap: width 20-50 mm. Stem: length 20-50 mm; width 4-6 mm.
Cap and stem: red-brown.
Gills: reddish brown.
Flesh: reddish buff with an aromatic odour resembling spices which becomes very strong when dried and exudes a pale thin milk-like liquid.
Common in conifer woods and plantations.
L. deliciosus (Fries) S. F. Gray Saffron milk-cap
Cap: width 50-120 mm. Stem: length 20-60 mm; width 15-25 mm.
Cap: viscid, dirty greyish ochre with flush of tawny but soon becoming greenish with age.
Stem: dirty buff or greyish ochre, spotted with green particularly with age or on handling.
Gills: orange-yellow bruising deep orange but becoming green with time.