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Peppery milk cap

Lactarius piperatus

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

About 90mm diameter and hte same in height. Pileus rounded but beginning to form a funnel shape with some slight fibrous peeling and darker near the centre; ragged slightly in-rolled margin; thick pale white stipe; gills partly decurrent, pale cream to white

Habitat:

On a suburban nature strip in dense buffalo grass.

Notes:

Introduced to Australia.
A semi-edible basidiomycete ! Does that mean I can eat half?

Reference Links:

Lactarius piperatus from Wikipedia, Lactarius piperatus, Rogers Mushrooms - Lactarius piperatus Mushroom

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PublishedMay 29, 2013

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