LACTARIUS TORMINOSUS

'''Lactarius torminosus''' is a large fungus in the genus ''Lactarius'', known as the 'Woolly milk-cap' in English.
It has a hairy pink cap up to 12cm in diameter which is furry and zonate and when the flesh is broken is bleeds a milky latex which remains white. It grows in association with birch and is found throughout the UK.
It can induce severe and violent vomiting, however In Finland it is eaten, after boiling, pickled and valued for its hot, burning taste.