Lactarius camphoratus (Bull.:Fr.) Fr. |
The cap is dark orange-brown to orange-red brown, with a central umbo. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky. The stem is dark red-brown to blackish-brown, without ring. The flesh is reddish brown, unchanging; its taste is mild, with sometimes bitter aftertaste; the odour is faint, of shield bug then chicory on mature specimens; its texture is grainy (breaking like a chalk stick). The gills are reddish pink to red brownish, decurrent, crowded . The spore print is white. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows in broad-leaved and coniferous woods, often amongst moss at the base of trees or stumps, on a rather acid soil, with spruce, pine, beech. The fruiting period takes place from June to December.
Chemical tests : none. Distinctive features : Red brown cap, often with an umbo and furrowed margin; weak odour of bugs when fresh, turning strong of curry when drying; watery to cloudy-white milk, unchanging, mild to slightly bitter Lactarius camphoratus is occasional and widely present in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking . | ||
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