Lactarius pallescens
Lactarius pallescens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Russulales |
Family: | Russulaceae |
Genus: | Lactarius |
Species: | L. pallescens |
Binomial name | |
Lactarius pallescens Hesler & A.H. Sm. (1979) | |
Lactarius pallescens | |
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![]() | gills on hymenium |
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cap is flat or depressed |
![]() | hymenium is subdecurrent |
![]() | stipe is bare |
![]() | spore print is white |
![]() | ecology is mycorrhizal |
![]() | edibility: poisonous |
Lactarius pallescens is a Western North American "milk-cap" mushroom, of which the milk turns violet when the flesh is damaged. The fungi generally identified as L. pallescens are part of a complex of closely related species and varieties which have a peppery taste and are difficult to delimit definitively, .[1]
Distribution
Lactarius pallescens is found on the West Coast of the USA.
Related species
Lactarius uvidus and Lactarius californiensis are similar.
Spores 1000x in Melzers
See also
References
- ↑ Wood, Miichael (2013 January). Lactarius pallescens. On the MykoWeb.com Web site:
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