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| synonyms: Fleecy Milkcap, Lactaire velouté, Samtiger Milchling |
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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 |
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Lactarius vellereus (Fr.) Fr.
Samtiger Milchling, Lactaire velouté, Fleecy Milkcap. 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
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 01 December 2009
Hungarian name, Pelyhes keserügomba
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