Saffron milk cap
Lactarius deliciosus
Edible, but easily confused with poisonous lookalikes.
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Lactarius deliciosus
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Russulales
- Family
- Russulaceae
- Under the cap
- Gills
- Cap
- Dipped, Funnel
- Stem
- Bare
- Lives by
- Partner of trees
- Season
- Summer, Autumn
- Habitat
- Conifer forest
- Spore print
- Cream
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Its genus name Lactarius means 'milky', because mushrooms of this genus ooze a milky fluid when cut or broken.
- Carl Linnaeus gave it its first scientific name in 1753.
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Similar fungi
- Weeping milk cap
Lactifluus volemus
- The sickener
Russula emetica
- Lactifluus piperatus
Lactarius piperatus
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q62138 · All fungi · All entries