Lactarius pallescens | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Russulales |
Family: | Russulaceae |
Genus: | Lactarius |
Species: | L. pallescens
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Binomial name | |
Lactarius pallescens Hesler & A.H. Sm. (1979)
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Lactarius pallescens![]() Mycological characteristics | |
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![]() | Gills on hymenium |
![]() ![]() | Cap is flat or depressed |
![]() | Hymenium is subdecurrent |
![]() | Stipe is bare |
![]() | Spore print is white |
![]() | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
![]() | Edibility is unknown |
Lactarius pallescens is a Western North American "milk-cap" mushroom, of which the milk turns violet when the flesh is damaged. The fungi generally identified as L. pallescens are part of a complex of closely related species and varieties which have a peppery taste and are difficult to delimit definitively.[1]
The gray-brown cap ranges from 3 to 10 cm in width, with a mucilaginous surface,[2] whitish flesh and white latex. The gills are whitish and sometimes slightly decurrent.[2] The viscid stalk ranges from 3 to 8 cm long and 1 to 2 cm wide. The spores are pale yellow to orange, elliptical, and bumpy. The flesh of the mushroom stains lilac.[3] In age, reddish stains develop.[2]