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14-10-2007, 03:25 PM
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| | | Dimpled Fungi ID Help
I was wondering whether this was a Milk Cap fungi. Any help appreciated.
Thanks,
forestelf |
14-10-2007, 03:35 PM
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| | | Re: Dimpled Fungi ID Help
Judging by the fluffy looking cap edge and the salmon like colour, I'd say that this is the Wooly Milk Cap - Lactarius Torminosus.. Many books warn of this milk cap due to it being accidentally picked in place of the highly esteemed Saffron Milk Cap - Lactarius Deliciosus.
Nick  |
14-10-2007, 04:56 PM
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| | | Re: Dimpled Fungi ID Help
Or Lactarius pubescens the Bearded Milkcap?
Richard |
14-10-2007, 05:01 PM
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Good shout Cy. In my post originally, I remembered Pubescens as one of the hairy milk caps so I put Lactarius Pubescens - Wooly Milk Cap. lol. Then I changed it to torminosus...It's got to be one of the two.
Nick |
14-10-2007, 09:55 PM
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There's not enough colour in the cap for it to be Lactarius torminosus. This is a typical colour for Lactarius pubescens, Bearded Milkcap.
Ken |
14-10-2007, 09:56 PM
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15-10-2007, 12:19 AM
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Thank you for all your kind help |
15-10-2007, 12:20 AM
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15-10-2007, 08:24 AM
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There are loads around at Attenborough at the moment. I thought the contrast in the image makes it difficult to be certain of the cap colour.
Richard |
15-10-2007, 08:37 AM
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Yes, I agree. It's actually quite difficult to get good shots of whitish mushrooms because they seem to overexpose very easily which washes out the colour.
The colour of Lactarius pubescens can be quite variable from almost white through to pinkish buff and the colour of Lactarius torminosus can fade. I've seen specimens that have been hard to place because they have been in between.
To be fair to Nick, it could have been an old faded Lactarius torminosus but there is something about the almost orange-buff tones you can see a the edge of the cap where the image is not overexposed that to me look much closer to Lactarius pubescens.
(Identifying mushrooms from photos is really not good practice because you miss a lot of important information that you would pick up in the field. But then this forum wouldn't be nearly so much fun!)
Ken
Last edited by Fungus Ken; 15-10-2007 at 08:43 AM.
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