25/Aug/24, 4:01 PM
Nedrema looduskaitseala, Pärnumaa, Estonia
Wooded meadow, oak and aspen trees, on highly calcareous soil
58°32'20.3"N 24°04'13.2"E
🔆 Sunny weather, partial overcast, semi-shade
Original Instagram postLactarius evosmus
fruity milkcap
- Scientific identification
- Lactarius evosmus Kühner & Romagn.
- Family
- Russulaceae
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Genus
- Lactarius
Names across languages
- English: fruity milkcap
- German: Blasser Zonen-Milchling
- Finnish: Lehtovyörousku
- Estonian: Õunriisikas
- Russian: Груздь яблочный
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2024-08-25.
Hymenium
Gills that are adnate to slightly decurrent, close to moderately spaced, and cream-colored to pale ochre, they exude a white to slightly yellowish latex when damaged
Cap
Convex when young, becoming more flattened or slightly depressed with age, surface is smooth, sticky when wet, sometimes zoned, color varies from pale yellowish to ochre
Hymenium Attachment
Adnate to slightly decurrent
Stipe
Cylindrical or slightly tapered towards the base, similar in color to the cap or paler, surface is smooth and dry
Spore print
Spore print pinkish-ochre-brown
Ecology
Mycorrhizal with deciduous trees (oak and aspen), prefers calcareous soils
Edibility
Inedible, not considered toxic, has an acrid taste
Fruit body
Fruit body up to 6–10 cm
Dimensions
Cap 4–8 cm
Odour
Odour distinctly sour-fruity or apple-like
Microscopy
Spores broadly ellipsoid, 7–8 µm x 5–6.5 µm, reticulate surface, basidia four-spored, cystidia abundant on the gill edges, swollen at the apex
Overview
Medium-sized milkcap recognized for its sticky, yellowish cap and its fruity odor
1954). Bull. Trimest. Soc. Mycol. Fr. 69: 361 (’1953′).
Field encounters
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