Bearded Milkcap
A fairly easy to identify family of mushrooms with lactating gills and flesh.
Mushroom Type | |
Common Names | Bearded Milkcap (EN), Cap Llaeth Barfog (CY), Mleczaj Omszony (PL), Fehéres Szőrgomba (HU) |
Scientific Name | Lactarius pubescens |
Season Start | Aug |
Season End | Nov |
Average Mushroom height (CM) | 7 |
Average Cap width (CM) | 10 |
Please note that each and every mushroom you come across may vary in appearance to these photos.
Cap
Convex becoming depressed in the middle and having ‘woolly’ in-turned edges. White pale salmon/yellow in just about visible concentric rings.
Possible Confusion
The Woolly Milkcap (Lactarius torminosus), is similar but darker and has a more salmon to red colour, pictured.
Spore Print
Pale cream/ivory. Ellipsoid with fine warts.
Taste / Smell
Hot and acrid.
Frequency
Uncommon.
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