Lactarius mammosus    Fr. 



New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Incertae sedis/Russulales/Russulaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Russulales/Russulaceae  

synonyms: Lactarius fuscus 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Lactarius confusus)  

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with  Lactarius mammosus toxicity of Lactarius mammosus genus Lactarius  

The cap is chestnut brown to vinaceous or pink grey-brown.

its texture is grainy (breaking like a chalk stick).

The gills are . The spore print is white. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 6 cm (between 2.5 and 10 cm)
  height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 1.5 and 8 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 11 mm (between 5 and 15 mm)


Lactarius mammosus is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .



page updated on 14/01/18