Lactarius chrysorrheus  Lactarius chrysorrheus (sometimes spelt "Lactarius chrysorheus") is a member of the genus "Lactarius", whose many members are commonly known as milkcaps. It has recently been given the English (common) name of the yellowdrop milkcap. It is pale salmon in color, poisonous, and grows in symbiosis with oak trees. First described by the Swedish father of modern mycology Elias Magnus Fries. The specific epithet is derived from the Ancient Greek words "golden", and "stream". Common names include yellow milkcap, and yellowdrop milkcap. The cap is in diameter. It is pale salmon, or rosy, with darker markings arranged in rough rings, or bands. At first it is convex, but later flattens, and eventually has a small central depression. It is often somewhat lobed at the edge, and is smooth, with a hairless margin. The whitish to pale buff stipe sometimes has a pink flush on the lower half. It is hollow, cylindrical, or with a slightly swollen base. The gills are decurrent, crowded, and have a pinkish buff tinge, giving a spore print that is creamy white, with a slight salmon tinge. They are quite closely spaced initially. The flesh is white and tastes hot, but is coloured by the copious amounts of milk exuded. This milk is initially white, but when exposed to the air turns bright sulphur yellow in five to fifteen seconds. Many "Lactarius" species are similarly coloured, but not too many exude white milk that turns sulphur yellow. However, those that do include "Lactarius maculatipes", and "Lactarius croceus" which are found with hardwoods in the north eastern United States, and "Lactarius vinaceorufescens" is locally abundant with both hard and soft woods there too. None of these can be found in Britain; "Lactarius decipiens" is on the British checklist, but is smaller than "L. chrysorrheus", and grows with Hornbeam. "L. chrysorrheus" appears in summer and autumn. It is frequent in the northern temperate zones, Europe, North America, and also North Africa. It is mycorrhizal with oak trees in Britain. This mushroom is recorded as poisonous by Roger Phillips (2006) and Lamaison, and as edible by Marcel Bon (1987).