Biology:Lactarius pseudomucidus
| Lactarius pseudomucidus | |
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| Lactarius pseudomucidus found in Mendocino, California | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | Russulaceae |
| Genus: | Lactarius |
| Species: | L. pseudomucidus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lactarius pseudomucidus A.H.Sm. & Hesler (1979)
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| Lactarius pseudomucidus | |
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 | gills on hymenium |
 | cap is depressed |
 | hymenium is decurrent |
 | stipe is bare |
 | spore print is cream |
 | edibility: unknown |
Lactarius pseudomucidus, commonly known as the slimy milk cap,[1] is a mucilaginous species of fungus native to North America.
Description
It has a charcoal brown cap, smooth and slimy, from 2–10 centimetres (3⁄4–4 in) across, initially flat convex, becoming shallowly depressed. The gills are decurrent, white with a gray or yellow tinge, staining brownish.[2] The stipe is 2.5–10 cm (1–4 in) tall and 5–12 millimetres (1⁄4–1⁄2 in) thick;[3] it is hollow and brittle. Both the cap and stipe are mucilaginous.[2] The flesh is gray and the latex is milky white, drying yellowish.[2] 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.[4][5] The spore print is cream.[3]
The species is inedible,[6] with the extremely viscid cap and stalk being deterrent.[1]
Similar species
It resembles Lactarius argillaceifolius, which has a light orange-gray cap,[7] and eastern North America's L. mucidus.[2] Additionally, L. fumosus and Lactifluus gerardi bear similarities.[3] Other Lactarius species with slippery, grayish caps are either zonate and/or the gills stain purple.[3]
Distribution and habitat
It is native to northwestern North America, often found in coastal and conifer forests.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, California: Ten Speed Press. pp. 77. ISBN 978-0-89815-170-1. https://archive.org/details/arora-david-mushrooms-demystified-a-comprehensive-guide-to-the-fleshy-fungi-ten-speed-press-1986/page/77/mode/2up.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=WevHvt6Tr8kC.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. pp. 179. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
- ↑ Hesler, LR, & AH Smith. 1979. North American species of Lactarius. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
- ↑ Smith, AH. 1975. Field guide to western mushrooms. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
- ↑ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2. https://archive.org/details/mushroomsotherfu0000phil.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q4042540 entry
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