Family: Russulaceae
Lactarius controversus
Pers.
Lactarius controversus | Resurrection Pass Trailhead
KEY ID FEATURES
- Medium-to-large, fleshy, terrestrial fruitbodies found growing with aspen, cottonwood and similar trees.
- "Bearded" cap margin, at least when young.
- Injured flesh exudes an unchanging white latex or "milk".
- Fragile or brittle flesh common to members of Lactarius & Russula.
- Stipe short, hollow and snaps like chalk when fresh.
- Taste strongly acrid.
NUTRITIONAL STRATEGY: Mycorrhizal
SPORE PRINT: White-to-creamy
EDIBILITY: Unknown - best to avoid acrid tasting Lactarius.
SIMILAR SPECIES: Lactarius scrobiculatus, L. alnicola, L. torminosus, L. plumbeus
COLLECTIONS
- COLLECTION ID: AKFF-013-14
- LOCATION: Resurrection Pass Trailhead
- DATE: 25-Aug-14
- NOTES: Cap 70-112 mm across, matted pubescent at first, becoming more or less smooth. Thinly viscid, gills crowded, pinkish. Stipe very short, 20-14 mm long, 16-17 mm wide at apex, tapering towards base. Latex white, unchanging. Taste quickly and strongly acrid, odor not distinctive.
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