Lactarius pubescens: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Russulales
- Family
- Russulaceae
- Genus
- Lactarius
- Species
- Lactarius pubescens
- Scientific Name
- Lactarius pubescens
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Lactarius pubescens
Lactarius pubescens, commonly known as the downy milk cap, is a species of fungus in the family Russulaceae. It is a medium to large agaric with a creamy-buff, hairy cap, whitish gills and short stout stem. The fungus has a cosmopolitan distribution, and grows solitarily or in scattered groups on sandy soil under or near birch.
Edibility: Ambiguous and controversial. In Russia is consumed after prolonged boiling followed by a marinating process. However it is reported to have caused gastro-intestinal upsets. Therefore, its consumption should not be recommended and this species considered toxic.
...Lactarius pubescens in languages:
- Bokmål
- blek skjeggriske
- Czech
- ryzec pýřitý
- Danish
- Dunet mælkehat
- Dutch
- Donzige melkzwam
- English
- Downy milk cap
- English
- Bearded Milkcap
- Estonian
- kreem riisikas
- Estonian
- haberiisikas
- Estonian
- Karvane riisikas
- Finnish
- villakarvarousku
- French
- Lactaire pubescent
- German
- Flaumiger Milchling
- German
- Blasser Birkenreizker
- Hungarian
- Fehéres szőrgomba
- Japanese
- シロカラハツタケ
- Lithuanian
- Baltagauris piengrybis
- Russian
- Волнушка белая
- Swedish
- blek skäggriska
- Ukrainian
- Хрящ-молочник пухнастий
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Deliciosi
- Lactarius acerrimus
- Lactarius aestivus
- Lactarius albocarneus
- Lactarius alnicola
- Lactarius aspideus
- Lactarius atroviridis
- Lactarius blennius
- Lactarius caespitosus
- Lactarius cinereus
- Lactarius circellatus
- Lactarius controversus
- Lactarius crassus
- Lactarius dryadophilus
- Lactarius evosmus
- Lactarius flavidus
- Lactarius flavopalustris
- Lactarius fluens
- Lactarius glyciosmus
- Lactarius hysginoides
- Lactarius hysginus
- Lactarius ilicis
- Lactarius illyricus
- Lactarius kauffmanii
- Lactarius lepidotus
- Lactarius lilacinus
- Lactarius liyuanus
- Lactarius mairei
- Lactarius mammosus
- Lactarius mexicanus
- Lactarius montanus
- Lactarius musteus
- Lactarius olivaceoumbrinus
- Lactarius olympianus
- Lactarius pallidus
- Lactarius peckii
- Lactarius pilatii
- Lactarius pseudomucidus
- Lactarius pubescens
- Lactarius repraesentaneus
- Lactarius resimus
- Lactarius rubriviridis
- Lactarius salicis-reticulatae
- Lactarius scoticus
- Lactarius spinosulus
- Lactarius splendens
- Lactarius tesquorum
- Lactarius torminosus
- Lactarius trivialis
- Lactarius tuomikoskii
- Lactarius turpis
- Lactarius umerensis
- Lactarius utilis
- Lactarius vietus
- Lactarius yazooensis
- Lactarius zonarius
- Pyrogalini
- Scrobiculati
- Uvidi