Lactarius pergamenus    (Swartz:Fr.) Fr. 

common name(s) : Parchment Milk Cap 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Incertae sedis/Russulales/Russulaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Russulales/Russulaceae  
(unconfirmed synonyms: Lactarius pargamenus, Lactarius eburneus)  

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with Lactarius pergamenus toxicity of Lactarius pergamenus genus Lactarius  

The cap is white then later cream, with ochre stains.

its texture is grainy (breaking like a chalk stick).

The gills are . The spore print is white. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground.

The fruiting period takes place from June to September.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 12 cm (between 5 and 18 cm)
  height of stem approximately 9 cm (between 3 and 18 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 30 mm (between 20 and 40 mm)


Lactarius pergamenus is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .



page updated on 14/01/18