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Lactarius pseudomucidus

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Agaricomycetes

Family
  
Russulaceae

Rank
  
Species

Division
  
Basidiomycota

Order
  
Russulales

Genus
  
Lactarius

Similar
  
Lactarius pallescens, Lactarius fallax, Lactarius subflammeus, Lactarius rubrilacteus, Lactarius rufulus

Lactarius pseudomucidus fungi kingdom


Lactarius pseudomucidus is a fungus native to the northwestern part of North America. It has a charcoal brown cap, smooth and slimy, about 4–10 cm across, initially flat convex, becoming shallowly depressed. Gills are decurrent, with a bluish-gay tinge. Stipe is 40–100 mm tall, hollow, brittle. Flesh gray. Latex is milky white. There is only a slight odor, and the taste slowly becomes acrid. Spores are white in mass, ellipsoid, amyloid, about 8 μm long, with a reticulate decoration on the surface.

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Lactarius pseudomucidus Wikipedia