Lactarius pubescens    Fr. 

common name(s) : Bearded Milkcap 

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

synonyms: Lactarius blumii, Lactarius albus 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Lactarius torminosus-pubescens)  

edibility : poisonous

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

The cap is white, pink-white to cream-ochre.

The flesh is unchanging; its taste is hot; the odour is similar to pelargonium; its texture is grainy (breaking like a chalk stick).

The gills are decurrent, crowded . The spore print is white. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows in lawns, gardens, pastures, along paths, with birch.

The fruiting period takes place from August to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 8 cm (between 4 and 12 cm)
  height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 3 and 6 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 15 mm (between 10 and 23 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : Very pale cap, slightly banded, hairy only at the margin; milk staining yellow on cloth; acrid taste; odour of pelargonium; with birch

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



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