Lactarius pseudomucidus

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Lactarius pseudomucidus
"Lactarius pseudomucidus" found in Mendocino, California
Lactarius pseudomucidus found in Mendocino, California
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Russulaceae
Genus: Lactarius
Species:
L. pseudomucidus
Binomial name
Lactarius pseudomucidus
A.H.Sm. & Hesler (1979)
Lactarius pseudomucidus
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gills on hymenium
cap is depressed
hymenium is decurrent
stipe is bare
spore print is white
edibility: inedible

Lactarius pseudomucidus is a fungus native to the northwestern part of North America, often found in coastal and conifer forests.[1] It has a charcoal brown cap, smooth and slimy, from 2–10 cm across, initially flat convex, becoming shallowly depressed. The gills are decurrent, white with a gray or yellow tinge, staining brownish.[1] The stipe is 40–100 mm tall, hollow, brittle. Both the cap and stipe are mucilaginous.[1] The flesh is gray and the latex is milky white, drying yellowish.[1] There is only a slight odor, and the taste slowly becomes acrid. Spores are white in mass, ellipsoid, amyloid, about 8 μm long, with a reticulate decoration on the surface.[2][3] The species is inedible.[4] It resembles Lactarius argillaceifolius, which has a light orange-gray cap,[5] and eastern North America's Lactarius mucidus.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. pp. 59–60. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
  2. ^ Hesler, LR, & AH Smith. 1979. North American species of Lactarius. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
  3. ^ Smith, AH. 1975. Field guide to western mushrooms. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
  4. ^ Phillips, Roger (2010) [2005]. Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
  5. ^ Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 96–97. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861.
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