commonly known mild beech milk cap edible mushroom genus brown colour large number gills particularly thin layer flesh cap mycorrhizal mushroom found late summer late autumn base beech trees small groups individually common species fungi alternatively found large groups fields individual mushrooms found europe despite previous research contrary absent north_america considered edible particularly useful food ivy like taste fact choice mushrooms easily found time known abundant sweet milk unlike latex relatives stain fabric yellow taxonomy described mycologist english mycologist placed current genus specific epithet derived latin words sub sweet milk delayed sweet taste mild milk cap beech milk cap alternate common description convex cap later develops depression small colour reddish brown dark later buff darker middle cap fairly rigid flexible smooth slightly margin slightly stem long thick generally cylindrical club shaped stem generally colour cap paler flesh pale thin layer cap crowded gills slightly white pink colour white plentiful milk stain yellow species faint scent spores cream spore print slight salmon spores oval joined developed network thin ridges spores measure ellipsoid shape distribution habitat found europe occur north_america number similar brownish orange species classified species found broad woodland especially floor base beech trees common fungi found beech trees mushrooms found late summer late autumn common found individually small groups found fields generally appearing large groups mushrooms uncommon edibility mild taste slightly bitter taste considered edible cooking recommended taste reminiscent ivy number mushrooms appear time areas including meaning particularly useful milk distinguishing features having sweet taste turns bitter mouth considered sweet milk mushroom
Lactarius subdulcis