Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Bearded Milk Cap

Facts
Common Name: 
Bearded Milk Cap
Scientific Name: 
Lactarius pubescens
Cap Diameter (mm): 
40-100mm
Stem Height (mm): 
30-60mm
Stem Diameter (mm): 
12-25mm
Information
Description: 

A creamy-buff agaric exuding milk found either solitary or in scattered groups on sandy soil with Birch.

Distribution: 

Frequent from late Summer till Autumn.

Habitat: 

With Birch on sandy soil.

Cap: 

Convex when young, later flattened and depressed, inrolled margin, cream with darker buff or rosy tints, shaggy or hairy at the margin.

Flesh: 

Cap flesh thick, whitish, granular and brittle. Stem flesh stuffed, becoming hollow, whitish.

Gills: 

Slightly decurrent, narrow, close, whitish tinged salmon-pink.

Stem: 

Stout, more or less equal, tapering slightly downwards, concolorous with the cap, occasionally with buff banding towards the apex.

Additional Notes: 

Poisonous.