[4] The distinctive fruiting bodies of this large fungus are locally common in forests throughout Europe and North America.

Lactarius scrobiculatus produces large agaricoid fruiting bodies which arise from soil.

The cap has an eye-catching orange to yellow coloration and is covered with small scales arranged in indistinctive concentric rings.

The cap may be wide, with a large diameter (about 15 cm in mature specimens), but with a depressed centre and slightly enrolled margin.

When cut, the gills bleed copious amounts of a white to cream milk (latex), which soon darkens to yellow.

The surface is cap-coloured but the presence of small pits, filled with fluid, is a key identifying feature.

[8] Lactarius scrobiculatus is known to occur throughout Europe, and to a lesser extent North America where its occurrence is rare.

The fruiting bodies appear in troops, sometimes forming fairy rings and only rarely occur singly.