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Family: Russulaceae

Lactarius torminosus
(Schaeff.) Gray

Woolly milkcap

Lactarius torminosus

Lactarius torminosus | Broadview Research Station

KEY ID FEATURES

NUTRITIONAL STRATEGY: Mycorrhizal

SPORE PRINT: White-to-creamy

EDIBILITY: Unknown, likely toxic. Best to avoid acrid milk caps.

COLLECTIONS

COLLECTION ID: AKFF-002-14
LOCATION: Broadview Research Station.
DATE: 24-Aug-14
NOTES: On the ground under birch and spruce. Pinkish cap with faint and irregular zonations, bearded margin, with matted tomentose cap. Gills crowded, creamy-pink in color. Latex very scant, white. Taste quickly very acrid. Odor not distinctive. Flesh creamy-pink, stipe hollow.
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