Species
Lactarius pseudomucidus (Gray-stemmed milk cap)
Lactarius pseudomucidus is a fungus native to the northwestern part of North America. It has a charcoal brown cap, smooth and slimy, about 4–10 cm across, initially flat convex, becoming shallowly depressed. Gills are decurrent, with a bluish-gay tinge. Stipe is 40–100 mm tall, hollow, brittle. Flesh gray. Latex is milky white. There is only a slight odor, and the taste slowly becomes acrid. Spores are white in mass, ellipsoid, amyloid, about 8 μm long, with a reticulate…
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Humboldt Life
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Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
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Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
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Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
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Class: Agaricomycetes
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Order: Russulales
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Family: Russulaceae (Milkcaps, brittlegills and allies)
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Genus: Lactarius (Common milkcaps)
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Subgenus: Lactarius
- Species: Lactarius pseudomucidus (Gray-stemmed milk cap)
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Subgenus: Lactarius
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Genus: Lactarius (Common milkcaps)
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Family: Russulaceae (Milkcaps, brittlegills and allies)
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Order: Russulales
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Class: Agaricomycetes
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Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
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Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
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Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)