Lactarius glyciosmus (Fr. ex Fr.) Fr. syn. L. odoratus Velen.
Duftmilchling, Lactaire parfumé, Coconut Milkcap.
Cap 2–5.5cm across, convex, later with a shallow depression, sometimes with a central pimple, usually greyish lilac, sometimes dull buff, thin-fleshed, not sticky, margin incurved at first. Stem 25–65 x 4–12mm, cylindrical, narrowing upwards or slightly club-shaped, soft and easily broken, concolorous with cap but paler or yellowish. Flesh buff, sometimes becoming hollow in the stem. Gills decurrent, crowded, pale yellowish to pale flesh colour, later greyish lilac. Milk white; taste mild then a little hot and acrid. Smell suggestive of coconut. Spore print creamy white (A–B). Spores broadly elliptic, with small warts connected by thin ridges to form a somewhat incomplete network, 7–8.5 x 5.5–6.5µ. Habitat under broad-leaved trees, especially birch. Season late summer to autumn. Common. Edible. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Distribution, America and Europe.