Summary ²

Spores: pale yellow
Trails: Griffin usually associated with oaks
Latex: white, quickly turning yellow on exposure
Mycorrhizal, associated with oaks

Lactarius xanthogalactus, commonly known as the yellow-staining milkcap is a poisonous species of fungus in the family Russulaceae. It produces mushrooms with pinkish-cinnamon caps up to 11 cm (4.3 in) wide held by pinkish-white stems up to 6 cm (2.4 in) long. When it is cut or injured, the mushroom oozes a white latex that rapidly turns bright sulfur-yellow. The species is found on the west coast of the United States and grows in the ground in association with hardwood...

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1. (c) Leslie Flint, todos os direitos reservados, enviado por Leslie Flint
2. Adaptado por Leslie Flint de uma obra de (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactarius_xanthogalactus

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