![]() It differs from the western saffron milk cap in that the latex, although initially orange, stains green only slowly if at all. ![]() Lactarius aestivus is another of western North America's orange milk caps 3. We use the common name 'western saffron milk cap' for the North American ' Lactarius deliciosus' (in the sense of milk-cap specialists Hesler and Smith) 4, a species that has yet to be formally described 3. ![]() The Pacific northwest/BC species is not the same as the true European saffron milk cap ' Lactarius deliciosus'. Due to confusion in the delimitation of similar species, the range extent of individual species is still unclear. Geographical distribution: May be restricted to western North America. Spores: 8–11 x 7–9 µm, with net-like, interconnected ridges. The colour is initially mottled white and light pinkish orange and it becomes darker orange with age. Stem: 3–4 cm long x 1.5–2 cm wide, straight and cylindrical or narrowing towards the base, hollow. Gills: Crowded, attached or slightly decurrent, pinkish tan to orange, staining green, fragile. The flesh is whitish with reddish-orange lines and flecks toward the outside where latex is being produced. Flesh of cap and stem are crisp when young and the mushroom breaks with a snap. The surface is smooth, fibrillose when dry, slightly viscid when wet. The colour is pinkish orange with concentric rings of lighter fibrils. (Briefly taste a pea-sized piece then spit it out.)Ĭap: 5–15 cm in diameter, convex at first, expanding and developing a central depression.
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