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Fleecy milkcap

Lactifluus vellereus

Genus Lactarius. Family Russulaceae. Order Russulales.

Fleecy milkcap — Photographs 1
Fleecy milkcap.
Photo: Annabel / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Description

Lactifluus vellereus (formerly Lactarius vellereus), commonly known as the fleecy milkcap, is a rather large fungus of the genus Lactifluus. It is one of the two milkcaps most often found with beech, the other being Lactarius subdulcis.

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Photographs

Fleecy milkcap — Photographs 2
Fleecy milkcap. Mycological illustration.
Cooke, M. C.; Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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