Lactarius pseudomucidus | |
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Lactarius pseudomucidus found in Mendocino, California | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Russulales |
Family: | Russulaceae |
Genus: | Lactarius |
Species: | L. pseudomucidus
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Binomial name | |
Lactarius pseudomucidus |
Lactarius pseudomucidus | |
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Gills on hymenium | |
Cap is depressed | |
Hymenium is decurrent | |
Stipe is bare | |
Spore print is white | |
Edibility is unknown |
Lactarius pseudomucidus, commonly known as the slimy milk cap, [1] is a fungus native to the northwestern part of North America, often found in coastal and conifer forests. [2] It has a charcoal brown cap, smooth and slimy, from 2–10 cm across, initially flat convex, becoming shallowly depressed. The gills are decurrent, white with a gray or yellow tinge, staining brownish. [2] The stipe is 40–100 mm tall, hollow, brittle. Both the cap and stipe are mucilaginous. [2] The flesh is gray and the latex is milky white, drying yellowish. [2] There is only a slight odor, and the taste slowly becomes acrid. Spores are white in mass, ellipsoid, amyloid, about 8 μm long, with a reticulate decoration on the surface. [3] [4] The species is inedible. [5] It resembles Lactarius argillaceifolius, which has a light orange-gray cap, [6] and eastern North America's Lactarius mucidus. [2] Its edibility is unknown, but the extremely viscid stalk and cap are a deterrent. [1]
Lactarius pseudomucidus | |
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Lactarius pseudomucidus found in Mendocino, California | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Russulales |
Family: | Russulaceae |
Genus: | Lactarius |
Species: | L. pseudomucidus
|
Binomial name | |
Lactarius pseudomucidus |
Lactarius pseudomucidus | |
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Gills on hymenium | |
Cap is depressed | |
Hymenium is decurrent | |
Stipe is bare | |
Spore print is white | |
Edibility is unknown |
Lactarius pseudomucidus, commonly known as the slimy milk cap, [1] is a fungus native to the northwestern part of North America, often found in coastal and conifer forests. [2] It has a charcoal brown cap, smooth and slimy, from 2–10 cm across, initially flat convex, becoming shallowly depressed. The gills are decurrent, white with a gray or yellow tinge, staining brownish. [2] The stipe is 40–100 mm tall, hollow, brittle. Both the cap and stipe are mucilaginous. [2] The flesh is gray and the latex is milky white, drying yellowish. [2] There is only a slight odor, and the taste slowly becomes acrid. Spores are white in mass, ellipsoid, amyloid, about 8 μm long, with a reticulate decoration on the surface. [3] [4] The species is inedible. [5] It resembles Lactarius argillaceifolius, which has a light orange-gray cap, [6] and eastern North America's Lactarius mucidus. [2] Its edibility is unknown, but the extremely viscid stalk and cap are a deterrent. [1]