Lactarius repraesentaneus    Britzelm. 

common name(s) : Yellow Bearded Milkcap 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Incertae sedis/Russulales/Russulaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Russulales/Russulaceae  
(unconfirmed synonyms: Lactarius scrobiculatus-violascens)  

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with  Lactarius repraesentaneus toxicity of Lactarius repraesentaneus genus Lactarius  

The cap is yellow to ochre-yellow.

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 July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 11 cm (between 3 and 20 cm)
  height of stem approximately 6 cm (between 2 and 12 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 30 mm (between 20 and 40 mm)


Lactarius repraesentaneus is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .



page updated on 14/01/18