Lactarius rufus
(L. ex Fr.) S.F.Gray

Saffron milkcap

Lactarius rufus | Coeur D'Alene Campground

KEY ID FEATURES

NUTRITIONAL STRATEGY: Mycorrhizal

SPORE PRINT: White-to-creamy

EDIBILITY: Unknown, best to avoid acrid milk caps

COLLECTIONS

COLLECTION ID: AKFF-015-14
LOCATION: Coeur D'Alene Campground. Palmer Creek Road.
DATE: 25-Aug-14
NOTES: Cap 24-85 mm across, convex, some with an umbo some without, dry, dull brick-red. Gills crowded beige, latex white, taste slowly but very strongly acrid. Odor slightly sweet. On the ground and in moss under spruce and hemlock.
SEQUENCE:

ATGTGAGAGGGGCATGCGAGGGCTGTCGCTGACTCAAAGTCGTGCACGCCCGAGTGTGTCGCCTCACATAATAATCCATCTCACCCTTTGTGCATCACCGCGTGGGCACCCCTTTGGGATCATCTCGGAGGGGGCTCGCGTTTTCACACAAAACCCCCCTTTTAAAAGTGTAGAATGACCTCATTTATGCGCTAACCCGCAATCAATACAACTTTCAACAACGGATCTCTTGGCTCTCGCATCGATGAAGAACGCAGCGAAATGCGATACGTAATGTGAATTGCAGAATTCAGTGAATCATCGAATCTTTGAACGCACCTTGCGCCCCCTGGTATTCCGAGGGGCACACCCGTTTGAGTGTCGTGAAAACCTCAACCTCCTTGGTTTCTTCTGGAGACCAAAGCAGGCTTGGACTTTGGAGGCCTTTGCTGGCACCTCTCGCCAGCTCCTCTTAAATGAATTAGCAGGGTCCTCTTTGCTGATCCTCGACGTGTGATAAGATGTTTCCATGTCTTGGTTTCTGGCTCTGTCACCTTT

Descriptions and distribution of fungi found in the region

Family: Russulaceae

Lactarius rufus (L. ex Fr.) S.F.Gray

Saffron milkcap

KEY ID FEATURES

COLLECTIONS

Lactarius rufus
(L. ex Fr.) S.F.Gray