Family: Russulaceae
Lactarius deliciosus group
(L. ex Fr.) S.F. Gray
Saffron milkcap
Lactarius deliciosus group | Primrose Campground
KEY ID FEATURES
- Small-to-medium, gilled, terrestrial fruitbodies found growing with spruce and mountain hemlock.
- Cap orange-to-dull orange-brown, developing greenish stains. Moist, not viscid.
- Fragile or brittle flesh common to members of Lactarius & Russula.
- Injured flesh exudes an orange latex that does not change color(s).
- Stipe orangish, with greenish spots or stains. Hollow and snaps like chalk when fresh.
- Taste mild at first, then slightly acrid.
NUTRITIONAL STRATEGY: Mycorrhizal
SPORE PRINT: White-to-creamy
EDIBILITY: Unknown, probably edible
COLLECTIONS
- COLLECTION ID: AKFF-045-14
- LOCATION: Primrose Campground
- DATE: 26-Aug-14
- NOTES: Cap 54-98 mm, moist, not viscid. Orange-to-dull or orange-brown, developing greenish stains. Gills orange, staining green when damaged. Stipe orangish, with greenish spots or stains. Flesh beige, greenish under cap surface, orange on stipe rind. Latex orange, unchanging. Taste mild at first, slightly acrid after 30 seconds. No odor. Under spruce and mountain hemlock.
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