Lactarius torminosus (Schaeff. ex Fr.) S. F. Gray. Woolly Milkcap, Lactaire ŕ toison, Wolliger Milchling, Birkenreizker, Nyírfa szőrgomba, vörösbolyhos tejelőgomba, Peveraccio delle coliche, lappacendro malefico, Baardige melkzwam. Cap 4–12cm across, convex becoming funnel-shaped, margin inrolled and hairy, pale salmon buff to pale pink with deeper-coloured indistinct concentric bands. Stem 40–80 x 10–20mm, pale flesh-coloured to salmon, finely downy. Flesh white, soon hollow in stem. Gills slightly decurrent, narrow, pale flesh-coloured to pale salmon. Milk white; taste hot and acrid. Spore print yellowish-cream (C–D) with faint salmon tint. Spores oval with low warts connected by ridges forming a very incomplete network, 7.5–10 x 6–7.5 μ. Habitat woods and heaths, usually with birch. Season late summer to early autumn. Frequent. Poisonous. Distribution, America and Europe.