Lactarius pseudomucidus
Lactarius pseudomucidus is a fungus native to the northwestern part of North America. It has a charcoal brown cap, smooth and slimy, about 4–10 cm across, initially flat convex, becoming shallowly depressed. Gills are decurrent, with a bluish-gay tinge. Stipe is 40–100 mm tall, hollow, brittle. Flesh gray. Latex is milky white. There is only a slight odor, and the taste slowly becomes acrid. Spores are white in mass, ellipsoid, amyloid, about 8 μm long, with a reticulate decoration on the surface.[1][2] The species is inedible.[3]
| Lactarius pseudomucidus | |
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| Lactarius pseudomucidus found in Mendocino, California | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | Russulaceae |
| Genus: | Lactarius |
| Species: | L. pseudomucidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lactarius pseudomucidus | |
| Lactarius pseudomucidus | |
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 | gills on hymenium |
 | cap is depressed |
 | hymenium is decurrent |
 | stipe is bare |
 | spore print is white |
 | edibility: inedible |
References
- Hesler, LR, & AH Smith. 1979. North American species of Lactarius. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
- Smith, AH. 1975. Field guide to western mushrooms. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
- Phillips, Roger (2010) [2005]. Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
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