Lactarius rufus (Scop.:Fr.) Fr. |
The cap is red-brown, with a central umbo. The cap surface is without concentric bands, not viscid nor sticky. The stem is red-brown, without ring. The flesh is white then pale reddish, unchanging; its taste is acrid; the odour is resin-like; its texture is grainy (breaking like a chalk stick), exuding when cut a white milk, unchanging. The gills are white then ochre-red, adnate to decurrent, crowded . The spore print is white. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on a rather acid soil, with pine, birch. The fruiting period takes place from June to December.
Chemical tests : none. Distinctive features : brick-red colour; cap with umbo; very hot and unchanging milk; under conifers Lactarius rufus is infrequent and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is very frequent, more generally speaking . | ||
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