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

synonyms: Curry Milkcap, Kampfermilchling, Lactaire camphré
Lactarius camphoratus 2 Mushroom
Ref No: 9043
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Lactarius camphoratus 3 Mushroom
Ref No: 9044
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Lactarius camphoratus 4 Mushroom
Ref No: 9045
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Violet or purple, 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, Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy), Flesh granular or brittle
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Lactarius camphoratus (Bull. ex Fr.) Fr. Kampfermilchling, Lactaire camphré, Curry Milkcap.
Cap 2.5–5cm across, convex, then with a depression and often with a small umbo, red-brown, bay or dark brick, sometimes with a violet tinge, surface smooth and matt, not sticky, margin slightly inrolled at first, often furrowed. Stem 30–50 x 4–7mm, cylindrical or narrowing downwards coloured as the cap or deeper. Flesh pale rusty brown. Gills decurrent, closely spaced, narrow, pale reddish brown. Milk rather watery but with whitish clouds; taste mild. Smell weakly of bugs when fresh, but a strong curry-like scent develops on drying. Spore print creamy (C). Spores subglobose with ornamentation of warts, mainly isolated but occasionally joined by ridges, 7.5–8.5 x 6.5–7.5µ. Habitat under pine but sometimes also in deciduous woods. Season summer to late autumn. Frequent. Edible – dried and powdered it is used in Germany as a flavouring. (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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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 02 December 2011

Lactarius camphoratus
Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 22 February 2011

TPK Gdansk Oliwa.Poland
Lactarius camphoratus
Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 01 December 2009

Hungarian name, Cikoria tejelögomba
Lactarius camphoratus
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