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Key 2.5(2)
Lactarius
(Coming from "Is
the latex white, but soon staining rose, brown, or lilac or quickly staining to
yellow?")
| Do the gills and flesh stain lilac when
bruised? ..........................
............ ...................
Yes |
Do the gills and flesh stain rose, brown, greenish-gray,yellow,
or white changing to yellow?
Yes |
| Is the cap glabrous, reddish-brown, and the margin
smooth?
Yes |
Is the cap hairy, orange-buff, and the margin hairy?
Yes |
|
You have an L. representaneus |
| Is the cap gray-brown; the latex white staining gills
bluish or greenish gray; and found under conifers?
Yes |
The cap is not gray-brown, not staining gills bluish or
greenish gray .......
........ ........
...............
Yes |
| Do the gills or flesh bruise brown, the latex remain
unchanging in color?
Yes |
Do the gills or flesh bruise yellow with the latex
changing to yellow?
Yes |
| Is the cap blackish-brown; velvety gills or flesh
bruise to rose or pink?
Yes |
Is the cap red-brown and wrinkled to corrugated? .....
.............
Yes |
Is the cap orange-brown to dark brown and smooth? .......
...............
Yes |
| Is the cap matted, hairy; the margin hairy? ...............
Yes |
Is the cap nearly hairless; the margin smooth?
Yes |
|
You have an L. scrobiculatus |
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You have an L. chrysorheus |
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