Identification help please. Is it risky for dogs?

shayleon · #1 (**permalink**) 21-09-2009, 06:01 PM

Hi.

My dog had this mushroom in his mouth for a second. He did not bite it, but to be on the safe side, please suggest identifications.

Mushroom exudes a little bit of milk when broken.

Many thanks.

Shay.

Lancashire Lad · #2 (**permalink**) 21-09-2009, 06:29 PM

Can't be exact from the photos, but it is definitely one of the Lactarius "Milkcap" species. The milk from most of these is acrid to the taste.

If these are the actual ones that your dog had, then he obviously didn't have chance to eat any - and he would probably have spat them out anyway, as the taste of the milk is - err, not pleasant.

(Fungi fans usually taste & then spit out the milk as one of the identification aids), so I wouldn't worry too much.

Regards,
Mike.

NickCantle · #3 (**permalink**) 21-09-2009, 06:31 PM

Difficult to tell because the photos are a little blurry but Lactarius pubescens was my first thought- I can just make out a furry margin to the unopened pileus.