Lactarius volemus (Fr.:Fr.) Fr.
Apricot milk cap

Lactarius from lac, giving milk

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Description:
mushroom
Fruiting Body: Cap 5-10(13) cm; Stipe 5-10 cm long x 8-12(20)mm diameter.. Spore Print Color: White. Spores: Basidiospores 7.5-9(10) x 7.5-8.5(9) micro,m;globose or subglobose, reticulate but often w/ a few lines in addition..

Diagnostic macroscopic feature: Latex present, white sometimes changing to brown or grey; Gills bruising brown; Stipe longitudinally ribbed or striate.

Diagnostic microscopic feature: Spores globose or subglobose, reticulate but often w/ a few lines in addition

Dynamically generated map
Eastern United States

Nutritional Mode: ectomycorrhizal

Substrate: On soil

Habitat: Decidious woods rarely coniferous

Fruiting Season: summer

 
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Order: Russulales
 

 

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