Cap first round and bumpy, then convex and as mature flat with a depressed centre. The margin stays rolled in until maturity. It has concentrically zoned thin rings in orange and a somewhat wider zone in salmon go grey pink. Often with carrot-coloured patches. Sticky and slippery when wet. Gills at first apricot or saffron, becoming carrot, dull green on bruising, dense and sub-decurrent before abruptly ending. Stem similarly coloured as the cap, thick and hard but also fragile, more or less equal, and patterned with different-sized shallow holes in a darker shade. Spore print pale pinkish buff.
Microscopic Features: The spores are ellipsoidal, measuring 7-9 x 6-7 µm, and they have a well-defined and almost complete network of ridges.
Lactarius deliciosus on the First Nature Web site.
Lactarius "deliciosus" group on the MushroomExpert.Com Web site.
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