Lactarius aurantiofulvus    J. Blum ex Bon 

common name(s) : Tawny Milk Cap, Tawny Milkcap1 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Incertae sedis/Russulales/Russulaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Russulales/Russulaceae  

synonyms: Lactarius mitissimus ss.auct., Lactarius aurantiacus ss.auct. 

edibility : inedible

photo gallery of  Lactarius aurantiofulvus
photo gallery of  Lactarius aurantiofulvus potential confusions with  Lactarius aurantiofulvus toxicity of Lactarius aurantiofulvus genus Lactarius  

The cap is orange-yellow to russet-orange, uniformly coloured and without concentric bands, regular, convex then flattened and depressed, sometimes umbonate; its margin is smooth. The cap surface is smooth, a bit greasy to the touch to slightly viscid.

The stem is almost with the same colour as cap, slightly pales, with a white base, without ring.

The flesh is whitish, unchanging; its taste is mild then slightly hot and bitter; the odour is faint, pleasant or rubbery; its texture is grainy (breaking like a chalk stick), exuding when cut an abundant white milk, unchanging.

The gills are white then pale ochre-pink cream, adnate to decurrent, crowded, not forked . The spore print is creamy white. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, in coniferous forests in the mountains, but also with mixed trees in lower grounds, often with spruce.

The fruiting period takes place from October to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 4 cm (between 1 and 7 cm)
  height of stem approximately 6 cm (between 1 and 8 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 8 mm (between 3 and 10 mm)

Distinctive features : bright orange cap, without concentrical bands; pale gills; abundant white milk, unchanging, of mild then slightly hot and bitter taste

Lactarius aurantiofulvus is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Lactarius aurantiofulvus in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Lactarius aurantiofulvus in the forest of Rambouillet



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