Lactifluus vellereus

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Lactifluus vellereus
File:Lactarius vellereus.jpg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Russulaceae
Genus: Lactifluus
Species:
L. vellereus
Binomial name
Lactifluus vellereus
(Fr.) Kuntze (1891)
Synonyms[1]

Agaricus vellereus Fr. (1821)
Lactarius vellereus (Fr.) Fr. (1838)
Lactarius vellereus var. vellereus (1838)
Galorrheus vellereus (Fr.) P.Kumm. (1871)

Lactifluus vellereus
File:Gills icon.pngGills on hymenium
File:Depressed cap icon.svgCap is depressed
File:Decurrent gills icon2.svgHymenium is decurrent
File:Bare stipe icon.svgStipe is bare
Spore print is white
File:Mycorrhizal fungus.svgEcology is mycorrhizal
File:Mycomorphbox Inedible.pngEdibility is inedible

Lactifluus vellereus (formerly Lactarius vellereus), commonly known as the fleecy milk-cap, is a quite large fungus in the genus Lactifluus. It is one of the two most common milk-caps found with beech trees, with the other being Lactarius subdulcis.

Taxonomy and systematics

Lactifluus vellereus is one of a handful of north temperate milk caps that belong to the genus Lactifluus which has been separated from Lactarius on phylogenetic grounds.[2] Its closest species is L. bertillonii, with which it forms a rather isolated clade in the genus.[2]

Description

Like other mushrooms in the family Russulaceae, the L. vellereus fruit body has crumbly, rather than fibrous, flesh, and when this is broken the fungus exudes a milky latex. The mature caps are white to cream, funnel-shaped, and up to 30 cm (12 in) in diameter. It has firm flesh, and a stipe which is shorter than the fruit body is wide. The gills are fairly distant (quite far apart), decurrent, and narrow, and have brown specks from the drying milk.[3] The spore print is white in colour.[4] Lactifluus bertillonii is closely related and very similar, but has hotter milk.[4] Another similar, but phylogenetically distant species is Lactarius controversus, distinguishable mainly by its white gills and lack of rosy markings on the upper cap.

Distribution and habitat

File:Lactarius vellereus LC0113.jpg
L. vellereus growing in a field.

The mushroom is found in deciduous woods, from late summer to early winter.[4] It is found in Britain and Europe.

Edibility

The milk tastes mild on its own, but hot when tasted with the flesh.[4] It is considered inedible because of its peppery taste.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "MycoBank: Lactifluus vellereus". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Verbeken A, Nuytinck J. (2013). "Not every milkcap is a Lactarius" (PDF). Scripta Botanica Belgica. 51: 162–168.
  3. ↑ Laessoe T. (1998). Mushrooms (flexi bound). Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 0-7513-1070-0.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Roger Phillips (2006). Mushrooms. Pan MacMillan. ISBN 0-330-44237-6.
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