Mossy fungi

[goosey]

Is it possible that the caps of lactarius controversus can be covered with thick moss?
I found a group of 5 with another a meter away on very wet moss in an incredibly sandy area.
Cap diameter ranged fom 5 - 8cm
Height 3cm.
The moss didn't rub off.
The gills secreted a milky liquid.
The stalk was squarish with four flat sides.

If not lactarius controversus, what else?

Thanks
Shirley

[flaxton]

Come on Shirley you know how this works you post a description AND a picture and we try and come up with even more excuses why it cannot be identified
Controvertus is usually a LARGE fungi. I found some a couple of weeks ago and they were over 25cm across so yours are a bit on the small size. They can grow in sandy scrub with willow and poplar and so the area is right if there were willow possibly creeping willow nearby. They normally have a distinctive pink tinge to the cap but I don't know whether they can be covered in moss.
What we need is a photo, was the cap viscus/dry hairy, was the milk white mild bitter hot and then I will think of another excuse

Mal

[fairplay]

Hi Shirley,

Absolutely nothing comes to mind, an agaric such as Lactarius would surely not be around long enough for a 'moss' ? to grow on the cap surface, and as for a square stem - ouch !!

I wonder if you have Lactarius torminosus - this has a very hairy cap, but is salmon/pink in colour.

Neil.

[goosey]

Originally Posted by flaxton

Come on Shirley you know how this works you post a description AND a picture and we try and come up with even more excuses why it cannot be identified
Mal

OK Mal - I have been suitably admonished

I was trying to get away with not adding piccies as they were not taken in Britain, but seeing as you need an excuse why you aren't clever enough to give me an ID - here are what I have .





I didn't taste the milk - so can't help there.
The moss on the cap was soaking wet, as the ground I knelt on, dew I imagine
The trees that were closest were oak, beech and pines and lots of thorny scrubby bushes. But they were not under a tree but in the open, on the edge of a large sandy scrub area.
Does that help?
Shirley

[flaxton]

Dam
I hoped you didn't have any photos The scrub you talk about could be salix repens the creeping willow. There does seem to be signs of pink on the bit of the cap that we can see so without microscopic evidence to the contrary I would go along with your suggestion of controvertus.

Mal

Ps I won't tell the mods that they are foreign photos

Mal

[fairplay]

I'm sure Mal will tell you there is no other way - you just have to get down there and lap up the milk and get back to us - it's all part of a healthy life-style.

Neil.

[goosey]

Originally Posted by flaxton

Dam
I hoped you didn't have any photos

Tough - there are always photo's

Originally Posted by flaxton

Ps I won't tell the mods that they are foreign photos

- I shall sleep peacefully knowing that .

Originally Posted by flaxton

The scrub you talk about could be salix repens the creeping willow. There does seem to be signs of pink on the bit of the cap that we can see so without microscopic evidence to the contrary I would go along with your suggestion of controvertus.

Thanks - I hope so, we will see!

Originally Posted by fairplay

I'm sure Mal will tell you there is no other way - you just have to get down there and lap up the milk and get back to us - it's all part of a healthy life-style.

Neil.

Are you crazy No chance, I'm not quite as stupid as I come across