Lactarius subdulcis (Pers.:Fr.) Gray |
The cap is brown-pink to red-brown. The cap surface is with concentric bands, not viscid nor sticky. The stem is pale brownish pink, without ring. The flesh is whitish to pale red-orange, unchanging; its taste is mild then bitter; the odour is faint, of shield bug or rubber; its texture is grainy (breaking like a chalk stick), exuding when cut a white, unchanging milk. The gills are whitish then flesh pink, adnate to decurrent, crowded (nb of gills per 90° ~ 24 ). The spore print is white. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows in broad-leaved woods, most of the time with beech, but also with hornbeam. The fruiting period takes place from July to December.
Chemical tests : none. Distinctive features : white watery and stable milk; pale gills; taste pleasant then bitter; cap with circular bands; odour (and looks) of rubber, sometimes also odour of metal; with beech Lactarius subdulcis is quite rare and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking . | ||
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