Lactarius mitissimus (Fr.:Fr.) Fr.
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common name(s) : Orange Milkcap
New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Incertae sedis/Russulales/Russulaceae
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Russulales/Russulaceae
synonyms: Lactarius aurantiacus
edibility : inedible
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The cap is reddish orange to orange brownish.
The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.
The stem is orange, without ring.
The flesh is white to red-orange, unchanging; its taste is mild then slightly hot or bitter; the odour is faint, of shield bug or rubber;
its texture is grainy (breaking like a chalk stick), exuding when cut a white milk, unchanging.
The gills are pale cream then ochre, adnate to decurrent, crowded .
The spore print is white. This species is mycorrhizal.
It grows on a rather calcareous or neutral soil, with spruce, oak, hornbeam, larch, willow, fir.
The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: | width of cap approximately 5 cm (between 2 and 8 cm) |
| height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 2 and 7 cm) |
| thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 9 mm (between 6 and 12 mm) |
Chemical tests : none.
Distinctive features : bright colour, milk mild at first, then bitter
Lactarius mitissimus is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking
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| | Above : distribution map of Lactarius mitissimus in the forest of Rambouillet |
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page updated on 14/01/18