The hat is very chunky, even young fruiting bodies are firm and large. It can be up to 16 cm in diameter, sometimes larger. White and slightly cream color. Damaged areas turn yellow. The surface of the hat is dry, dull and very smooth.
The gills are quite dense, narrow, sharp at the ends, white in color
The leg is very thick, massive, full inside, uniformly cylindrical in shape
The flesh is also thick, very firm, white in color, becoming yellow with age. The smell is weak and the taste is unbelievably stinging!
The milk is white, it is released very abundantly when we damage the plaques, it is also stinging.
Occurrence: Very popular in Europe, most often it can be found in deciduous forests with a lot of beech, oak and hornbeam trees, sometimes in spruce forests. It appears in summer and grows until autumn.
Application. It is edible after appropriate heat treatment to remove the burning taste. Due to this, it is very rarely obtained for culinary purposes.
