Lactarius trivialis (Fr.:Fr.) Fr. |
The cap is grey violet to brown. The cap surface is smooth, viscid or sticky. The flesh is whitish, unchanging; its taste is mild then acrid; the odour is faint, fruity; its texture is grainy (breaking like a chalk stick), exuding when cut a whitish milk, turning slowly yellow when exposed to air. The gills are pale cream to flesh pink, with greenish shades, decurrent, crowded . The spore print is white. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows in coniferous or mixed woods, peatland, wet areas, on a rather acid soil, with birch, spruce, pine. The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Chemical tests : none. Distinctive features : Violet then ochre to grey-brown cap, greasy to viscid; pale cream then grey-green (yellow on cloth) milk, very hot; gills with greenish stains; massive stem, soaked with water; in wet places Lactarius trivialis is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking . | ||
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