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11 Records
Status
Found solitary or scattered on ground in oak or oak/pine forests.
Description
Cap: Pale tan/yellowish/gray, flat becoming funnel-shaped in age; margin uplifted and very pleated; both white flesh and white latex stain rosy-pink.
Gills: Color of cap, may be slightly decurrent, distant, stain rosy-pink. Stalk: Smooth, dry, cream with darker stains in age. (J. Solem, pers. comm.)
Similar to Lactarius fumosus, both species have white latex which stains the flesh pinkish. The gills of this species, however, are more distant and broad (L. Biechele, pers. comm.).
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Lactarius subplinthogalus in Howard Co., Maryland (7/14/2020). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Lactarius subplinthogalus in Howard Co., Maryland (7/14/2020). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Lactarius subplinthogalus in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/4/2013).
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Lance Biechele.
Lactarius subplinthogalus (cap) in Howard Co., Maryland (8/28/2012).
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Joanne Solem.
Lactarius subplinthogalus in Howard Co., Maryland (8/24/2018). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Lactarius subplinthogalus in Howard Co., Maryland (8/24/2018). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Lactarius subplinthogalus (gills) in Howard Co., Maryland (8/28/2012).
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Spores of Lactarius subplinthogalus in Howard Co., Maryland (8/24/2018). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Spores of Lactarius subplinthogalus in Howard Co., Maryland (8/24/2018). Round, warted; measured 7.2-8.4 microns.
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Robert Solem.
Spores collected from a Lactarius subplinthogalus specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (8/28/2012). Nearly round/broadly elliptical; ornamented with warts and ridges; 2.5 micron prominences; measured 8.3 X 8.1 microns.
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Robert Solem.