Lactarius spinosulus

Description

Lactarius spinosulus is a rare pink mushroom that grows mainly on forest soils. Its main season begins in August and ends in November. Lactarius spinosulus is poorly edible. The mushroom tastes mild. Its smell can be described as flowery and sweet.

Common names: Lilascale Milkcap, Schüppchen-Milchling.

Mushroom Identification

1. Cap

   The cap is 3-6 cm in diameter, at first convex, with a bent edge, later convex-expanded, concave-expanded, sometimes funnel-shaped, sometimes with a tubercle in the middle, with a lowered, straight or bladed edge. The surface of the cap is radially fibrous, scaly, dry or sticky, matte, pink, reddish-pink, purple-gray-pink, purple-gray-reddish, yellowish-pink, with red-burgundy scales and concentric zones, turning green in places of contact.

2. Gills

   The hymenophore is lamellar. The plates are initially thick, later thin, thin, narrow, accreted, sometimes slightly descending on the stem, at first light ocher, pale ocher, later reddish ocher, in places of contact acquire a brownish-greenish color.

3. Stem

   The stem is 2-5 cm high, 0.3-0.8 cm in diameter, cylindrical, narrowed to the base, sometimes bent, dense, at first solid, later hollow, the same color as the surface of the cap, reddish at the base.

4. Flesh

   The flesh is dense, thin, brittle, yellowish-whitish, yellowish-whitish-purple, on the cut it acquires a dark gray or dark green color, at first sweetish, then burning in taste, without a pronounced smell. The milky juice is white, slowly turns green in the air, sweetish at first, then burning and caustic in taste.

5. Spore

   Print Light ocher.

6. Spores

   7-8.5 * 5.5-7.5 μm, oval-rounded in shape.

7. Habitat

   Grows from August to September, in deciduous and mixed forests, mostly under alders, rarely under birches, rarely. A rare species.

History

Lactarius spinosulus (Gender: Masculine) was scientifically described by A. Le Breton & L. Quélet and effectively published in 1880. The name Lactarius spinosulus is of type basionym. Lactarius spinosulus has the status legitimate.

The scientific classification of Lactarius spinosulus is Fungi, Dikarya, Basidiomycota, Agaricomycotina, Agaricomycetes, Russulales, Russulaceae, Lactarius. For further information, please see A. Le Breton et al. (1880, p. 168).

Synonyms

1. Lactifluus spinosulus (Quél.) Kuntze, 1891

2. Lactarius lilacinus var. spinosulus (Quél.) Bataille, 1908

3. Lactarius lilacinus spinosulus (Quél. & Le Bret.) Singer, 1942

4. Lactarius spinosulus violaceus Cooke, 1883

5. Lactarius spinosulus spinosulus Quél. & Le Bret., 1880

Photo sources:

Photo 1 - Author: Игорь Лебединский (CC BY 3.0)

Photo 2 - Author: Игорь Лебединский (CC BY 3.0)