Weeping milk cap
Lactifluus volemus
Edible, but easily confused with poisonous lookalikes.
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Lactifluus volemus
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Russulales
- Family
- Russulaceae
- Under the cap
- Gills
- Cap
- Domed, Flat
- Stem
- Bare
- Lives by
- Partner of trees
- Season
- Summer, Autumn
- Habitat
- Broadleaf forest, Conifer forest
- Spore print
- White
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Its English name 'weeping' refers to the milk that drips abundantly from cuts.
- Lactifluus was split off again from Lactarius after DNA studies showed the two groups differ.
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Similar fungi
- Woolly milk cap
Lactarius torminosus
- Lactifluus piperatus
Lactarius piperatus
- The sickener
Russula emetica
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q104838338 · All fungi · All entries