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Lactarius indigo oozes blue "latex" when broken (the blue slowly turns to green with exposure to air) (Jalisco, Mexico)From
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lehtovyrouskuLohja, Finland2011-07-29
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The Rufous Milk Cap or Red Hot Milk Cap is a species associated with pines in Europe and North America. Of acrid taste, but edible after thorough cooking.
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Khanty-Mansiysk, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Yugra, Russia
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kuusenvyrouskuSipoo, Finland2011-09-17
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punatplrouskuHelsinki, Finland2010-09-18
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Castel Fusano, Lazio, Italy
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A green-staining species or widespread species complex. Known as the Saffron Milkcap, it is edible but not always "delicious".
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A purple-staining species found in western North America.
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A dark and slimy species from northwestern North America.
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A species reported from the Pacific Northwest.
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raidanrouskuHelsinki, Finland2009-09-16
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suomurouskuAsikkala, Finland2010-09-30
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oranssirouskuEspoo, Finland2010-09-18
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A species of western North America, including Mexico, where it goes by names such as Golden Milkcap.
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Lactarius salmonicolorSlo.: lososova sirovka Dat.: Oct. 08. 2012Lat.: 46.42911 Long.: 13.61802Code: Bot_666/2012_DSC5593Habitat: Dense mixed forest of young Picea abies, Abies alba, Larix decidua and Fagus Sylvatica, flat terrain, calcareous bedrock, probably acid soil, in shade (little ground vegetation), humid place, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 2-4 deg C, elevation 1.410 m (4.625 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: soil.Place: Mt. Mangart region, 500 m northeast of Mt. Planja, 1.553 m, near forest road to the foot of Mt. Mali vrh, 1.991 m, Loka Koritnica valley, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing solitary and in groups, many species, pileus diameter up to 14 cm, stem up to 7 cm tall; taste pleasant at the beginning, then slowly turning slightly burning, smell pleasant mushroomy, flesh quite brittle, milk orange-red at the beginning then turns beep blood red, SP creamy oac(857).Spores warty with ornamentation. Dimensions: 9.2 (SD = 0.4) x 7.5 (SD = 0.4) micr., Q = 1.22 (SD = 0.07), n = 28 . Olympus CH20 (Motic B2-211A), NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. Ref.:(1) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 950. (2) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 65. (3) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 80. (4) S.Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 282.
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Apparently confined to the Pacific Northwest.
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The Velvety Milk Cap is reported with conifers in northwestern North America.
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Lactarius porninsisDE: LaerchenmilchlingSlo.: mecesnova mlenicaDat.: Oct. 19. 2013Lat.: 46.17385 Long.: 13.81470Code: Bot_764/2013_DSC8929Habitat: mountain pasture with scattered groups of Larix decidua and Picea abies trees, full sun, modestly inclined mountain slope, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 2.600 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 870 m (2.850 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: soil, under Larix decidua.Place: North of Ljubin village near town Tolmin, near the top of Tlaka hill, 911 m (2.988 feet), East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia ECComments: Growing scattered solitary and in groups; several pilei present.This mushroom grows mostly in the Alps and is strictly growing under Larix decidua trees. Is it edible or not seems questionable. In the literature one can find everything - from delicious, edible, conditionally edible to not edible. Pileus diameter up to 9 cm, stipe 4-5 cm and 1.2 - 1.4 cm diameter; smell distinctive, fresh, pleasant, like fruit jam; taste mild, pleasant, like nuts; flesh brittle; SP very faint, whitish(?); milk white, not abundant, not changing color for a long time.Spores warty. Dimensions: 9.2 (SD = 0.8) x 7.5 (SD = 0.5) , Q = 1.22 (SD = 0.07), n = 19. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) Personal communication with Mr. Gregor Podgornik.(2) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 82. (3) A. Poler, Veselo po gobe (in Slovene), Mohorjeva druba Celovec (2002), p 246 (4) R.Lueder, Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung, Quelle & Meyer (2008), p 194.Nikon D700/Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
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Lactarius sanguifluus (Paulet) Fr., syn.: Lactarius vinosus (Qul.) BatailleSaffron milk cap, Red pine mushroom, DE.: Weinroter Kieferreizker, Sudlich Blutreizker Weinroter Kiefern ReizkerSlo.: krvosona sirovkaDat.: Oct. 9. 2012Lat.: 46.34939 Long.: 13.57248Code: Bot_667/2012_IMG1412Habitat: grassland with some bushes and scattered trees, Pinus nigra, Picea abies, Ostrya carpinifolia, Fagus sylvatica, Corylus avellana most frequent; under a canopy of Pinus nigra; slightly inclined mountain slope, south aspect, fairly warm and dry place, in half shade; calcareous ground; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 610 m (2.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: soil.Place: Bovec basin, east of the pastures at Plajer's place, at the foot of Mt. ukla, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comments: Lactarius sanguifluus is relatively easy to recognize by its feature that its milk is blood red from scratch, not orange at the beginning and gradually turning to red, like in several other species with orange/red milk. It is mycorrhizal to Pinus sp.. Otherwise its color can vary widely from greenish, vinaceous, almost bluish, orange, yellowish .... Growing in a fairly scattered group; about eight fruit bodies present; pilei diameter up to 10.5 cm, stipe up to 7 cm long; milk immediately red, almost not changing, after some time becoming more grayish; taste at first indistinctive, then slightly bitter and after that lightly and persistently burning, but not strongly; smell almost non; context quite brittle, after long time (hours) context becoming lightly greenish and at the base of the stipe slight, longitudinal, greenish strakes appear; SP light ocher.Spores smooth, warty. Dimensions: 7 [7.9 ; 8.3] 9.3 x 6.1 [6.9 ; 7.4] 8.2 microns; Q = 1 [1.1 ; 1.2] 1.3 ; N = 25 ; C = 95%; Me = 8.1 x 7.2 microns; Qe = 1.1. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water, fresh material. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Ref.:(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.5. Verlag Mykologia (2005), p 62. (2) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 2., Ulmer (2000), p 355.(3) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 952. (4) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 80.