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Lactarius blennius.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Beech Milkcap, Graugrüner Milchling, Lactaire musqueux
Lactarius blenniusF Mushroom
Ref No: 8689
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Lactarius blennius Mushroom
Ref No: 9039
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Lactarius blennius2 Mushroom
Ref No: 9040
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Green, Brown, Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Simple stem
flesh: Flesh exudes white or watery latex (milk) when cut, Flesh discolours when cut, bruised or damaged, Flesh granular or brittle, Mushroom slimy or sticky
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Lactarius blennius (Fr. ex Fr.) Fr.
Graugrüner Milchling, Lactaire musqueux, Beech Milkcap.
Cap 4–10cm across, flattened convex, later centrally depressed, pale olive to greeny grey, pale greyish sepia or even dull greenish, with darker, drop-like blotches often grouped into concentric bands, very slimy when moist, margin incurved. Stem 40–50 x 10–17mm, paler than the cap, pale olive to pale grey or whitish, slimy. Flesh whitish. Gills slightly decurrent, white or whitish at first, later creamy to very pale buff, becoming brownish greyish when wounded. Milk white, drying grey; taste very hot and acrid. Spore print creamy (C) with a flesh-coloured tinge. Spores elliptic with low warts joined by ridges with a few cross connections, and tending to run across the spores, 7–8 x 5.5–6.5µ. Habitat broad-leaved woods, especially beech. Season late summer to late autumn. Very common. Edible if cooked but not recommended (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Distribution, America and Europe.

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lee collins (United Kingdom) - 09 November 2009

Lactarius blennius in grass under beech
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