help Please

[wildlifesnapper]

hi

does anyone have an idea on this one. Found at Longshaw under conifer with some birch. Cap sizes from 4 to 8 cm.

Thanks neil

[ashgale]

Hi Neil,
could it be Lactarius hepaticus ? usually found with conifers,

ashgale.

[Chris Yeates]

I would suspect Lactarius rufus - taste a little bit of the milk on the tip of your tongue (health and safety report - perfectly safe!) and you'll know!

interestingly in areas without conifers L. rufus will grow with Betula as a sort of "honorary conifer"

cheers

Chris

edit this is the wrong colour for L. hepaticus which is, not surprisingly given its name "liver-coloured"; its milk turns yellow

[ashgale]

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

I would suspect Lactarius rufus - taste a little bit of the milk on the tip of your tongue (health and safety report - perfectly safe!) and you'll know!

interestingly in areas without conifers L. rufus will grow with Betula as a sort of "honorary conifer"

cheers

Chris

edit this is the wrong colour for L. hepaticus which is, not surprisingly given its name "liver-coloured"; its milk turns yellow

are there any other Lactarius that resemble this one with yellowing milk?,
as i have found some last week which looked exactly like these, and having white milk which turned a yellowish shade in less than a minute or so, and were growing in needle litter at the edge of a conifer plantation,
which i had down as L.hepaticus,

i know others from this group can have yellow milk, but most do not resemble rufus or hepaticus,

ashgale.