The Lovely...Ugly Milkcap fungi
I found this Ugly Milkcap Lactarius turpis at Raw Nook LNR in Low Moor Bradford whilst on a fungi foray.
Although it is a decidedly dull olive-brown mushroom, the Ugly Milkcap is helped just a little by the fact that it is ectomycorrhizal with birch trees in wet woodland, so that when you come across these inconspicuous fungi they may make an effort by glistening when the sun shines. Even so they can be difficult to spot until you ‘get your eye in’, and particularly so during prolonged dry weather, when the caps appearance is very dull.