Weeping milk cap

Lactifluus volemus

mushroom

An orange-tawny cap, very abundant white milk at the slightest cut, with a mild hazelnut taste, grilled or pan-fried.

Origin

Forests of Europe, Asia and North America

Season (United States)

July to October

Preparation

Have the harvest checked: other orange milk caps, acrid, are indigestible. If you pick it yourself, have the mushroom checked by a pharmacist or a mycological society before eating it.

Molecules

Mushroom beta-glucansIn small amounts, not counted Ergothioneine

Did you know?

It smells of herring as it ages, without that changing its taste when cooked.