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

synonyms: Édeskés tejelőgomba, Lactaire douceâtre, Mild Milkcap, Zimtbauner Milchling
Lactarius subdulcis F Mushroom
Ref No: 8694
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Lactarius subdulcis Mushroom
Ref No: 9191
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Lactarius subdulcis2 Mushroom
Ref No: 9192
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Brown
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 granular or brittle
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Lactarius subdulcis (Pers. ex Fr.) S. F. Gray. Zimtbauner Milchling, Édeskés tejelőgomba, Lactaire douceâtre, Mild Milkcap. Cap 3–7cm across, convex, later with a depression, sometimes with a small umbo, reddish brown, rusty or dark cinnamon, paling to buff, fairly rigid to flexible, surface matt, smooth to slightly wrinkled, margin incurved at first, sometimes slightly furrowed. Stem 30–70 x 6–13mm, cylindrical to slightly club-shaped, sometimes furrowed lengthwise, coloured as cap but paler above. Flesh white to buff, thin in cap. Gills adnate to slightly decurrent, whitish at first then rosy-buff with a slight vinaceous tinge. Milk white, plentiful, not turning yellow on a handkerchief; taste mild then slightly bitter. Spore print cream (C) with slight salmon tinge. Spores oval, with largish warts (1µ) joined by mainly thinnish ridges to form a well-developed network, 7.5–9.5 x 6.5–8µ. Cap surface of prostrate, filamentous hyphae with variously inflated cells. Habitat in broad-leaved woods especially beech. Season late summer to late autumn. Common. Edible. (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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