Brownish milky (Lactarius fuliginosus)
Systematics:
- Department: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Incertae sedis (undefined)
- Order: Russulales
- Family: Russulaceae (Russula)
- Genus: Lactarius (Miller)
- Species: Lactarius fuliginosus (Brownish milky)
Synonyms:
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Miller dark brown
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Sooty milky
Brownish miller (lat.Lactarius fuliginosus) is a mushroom of the genus Miller (lat.Lactarius) of the russula family (lat.Russulaceae). Edible.
Brownish lactarius cap: Diameter 5-10 cm, convex in youth, with a tucked edge, gradually opens with age (the edge remains bent for a long time) to a prostrate and funnel-shaped with wavy edges. The surface of the cap is dry, velvety in young specimens, the color is brown at first, brightens somewhat with age, often becomes covered with dull blurred spots. The flesh of the cap is white at first, turns yellowish with age, turns slightly pink at the break. Milky juice is white, sharp, reddening in air. The smell is weak, vague.
Plates: Adherent, frequent, narrow, white, white in young specimens; with age they acquire a creamy color.
Spore powder: Ocher yellow.
The leg of the brownish lactarius: Short (up to 6 cm in height) and thick (1-1.5 cm), dense, slightly widened at the base, becomes hollow with age, cap color or lighter.
Distribution: The brownish miller appears in July, preferring broadleaf and birch forests, and grows until about mid-September.
Similar species: The brown milky (Lactarius lignyotus) grows in coniferous forests, with a darker cap, a long stem and wide blades.
Edible: Brownish milky is edible to a greater extent than other little-known milkers: not very bitter juice and the absence of foreign odors eliminate the need for prolonged soaking or boiling, and a strong constitution makes this mushroom a good addition to a tank with salted nigella, wines and other 'noble' milkmen.
Remarks I dare to suggest that if this milkman met more often, then the people's love would not have spared him. And so – for blanks is not enough, for a delicacy does not pull, and what happens?
Photo of the mushroom Millechnik brownish from the issues in recognition:
2018.02.06 Bykovsky Alexander
