Variety

Lactarius deliciosus olivaceosordidus

Lactarius deliciosus olivaceosordidus. Photo: (c) Samuel Monteon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Lactarius deliciosus, commonly known as the saffron milk cap and red pine mushroom, is one of the best known members of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. It is found in Europe and has been accidentally introduced to other countries under conifers and can be found growing in pine plantations. A fresco in the Roman town of Herculaneum appears to depict Lactarius deliciosus and is one of the earliest pieces of art to…

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