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

synonyms: Fleecy Milkcap, Lactaire velouté, Pelyhes keserûgomba, Samtiger Milchling
Lactarius vellereus Mushroom
Ref No: 9212
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Lactarius vellereus2 Mushroom
Ref No: 9213
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: White to cream, Yellow, Red or redish or pink, 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 granular or brittle
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Lactarius vellereus (Fr.) Fr. Fleecy Milkcap, Lactaire velouté, Samtiger Milchling, Pelyhes keserûgomba, Lattario vellutato, Schaapje. Cap 10–25cm across, convex and centrally depressed to widely funnel-shaped, margin incurved at first, white to cream becoming tinged yellowish-buff to pale reddish cinnamon in places, surface very shortly woolly. Stem 40–70 x 20–40mm, solid, concolorous with cap, shortly velvety. Flesh thick and firm. Gills decurrent, distant, narrow and brittle, pale ochraceous-cream. Milk white, abundant; taste mild. Spore print white (A). Spores elliptic with small warts connected by fine lines in an incomplete network, 7.5–9.5 x 6.5–8.5µ. Habitat deciduous woods. Season late summer to early winter. Common. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe.

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Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 23 February 2011

Kaszuby.Poland
Lactarius vellereus2
Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 01 December 2009

Hungarian name, Pelyhes keserügomba
Lactarius vellereus2
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