Slimy Lactarius     Subgenus



Cortinarius husseyiKey to Gilled Mushrooms     Key
This is a key to gilled mushrooms, that is, mushrooms having a definite cap with a fertile surface consisting of gills. The fruiting body usually also has a stem, although that may be lateral or absent (usually, then, the mushroom is growing from wood). You can use this key to identify mushrooms that you find.



Russula paludosaRussulales     Suborder
Flesh without fibers, fracturing with the same sort of break as a piece of chalk
Spore and gill color limited to white, yellow, or ochre
Mycorrhizal: occuring only on the ground, and only when there are trees nearby
No ring or volva on stalk
All fleshy-stemmed mushrooms whose gills exude a latex when cut go here


PseudoDeliciosusLactarius     Genus
Fruiting bodies (especially the gills) exuding a liquid (called a latex) when broken
Stalk (and sometimes even gills) usually concolorous with cap


Slimy Lactarius     Subgenus     

Diagnosis

Comments

Except for some of the orange species that are keyed out here as foreigners, this section has pretty much the dullest colors of the entire genus

Narrow down your identification:


Lactarius cinereus
Cap grey to olive grey
Flesh not changing color when broken
Usually under beech
Spore print pale yellow

Lactarius uvidusLactarius uvidus
Cap up to 4" across; various dull, whitish shades of lilac and brown; darkening with age; turning green with KOH
Latex white, becoming dingy cream, and staining broken surfaces dull lilac
Flesh bruises dull lilac, then dull brown
Spore print pale yellow
Under aspen, birch, and pine


Lookalikes:



Not Hot Orange Lactarius     Section


Lactarius paradoxus
  • Pileus up to 3 1/4" across; silvery blue when young, zoned with tints of green and purple; slowly staining green when bruised or cut.


Lactarius croceus



 

 


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