Lactarius mammosus Pap Milkcap

Lactarius mammosus, Pap Milkcap, is a rare Milkcap associated with conifers in Britain. In West Glamorgan it has been recorded in Neath Port Talbot in the Pelenna and Glyncorrwg conifer plantations and on the old colliery tip at Cefn Coed, near Crynant. It is always associated with conifers such as Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) and Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta). There are few records of it from Wles but it is to be expected in areas with mature conifer plantations. Like Lactarius glyciosmus (Coconut Milkcap) it has a pleasant, sweet, coconut scent but it is more robust than that species and has a clay-buff or brownish coloured cup, which is slightly scurfy, particularly at the edges of the cap. Its association with conifers also ditinguishes it from Coconut Milkcap.