– Cap convex when young, finely velvety, with age expanded to slightly funnel-shaped, yellow-brown to reddish brown.
– Gills adnate to decurrent, cream-yellow, becoming brown-spotted with age.
– Stem the same colour as the cap or paler.
– Flesh white, hard, exuding abundant white latex.
– Smell strong, reminiscent of shellfish.
– Taste mild or slightly harsh.
Lactarioid agarics
Fishy Milkcap
Lactifluus volemus
LC
Least concern
Edible
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Characteristics
Ecology
Grows with oak and spruce in deciduous and coniferous forest in southern and central parts of the Nordic countries.
Notes
Very good edible mushroom, dill as a seasoning enhances the fantastic shellfish flavour.
Similar species
There are several orange to reddish-brown milkcaps, but none is as large and robust as Lactifluus volemus. The hard stem, stiff like a wine cork, the abundant latex and the distinctive smell are good characters.
Lactarius fulvissimus and L. aurantiacus are smaller and have a more brittle stem.
Lactarius fulvissimus and L. aurantiacus are smaller and have a more brittle stem.
