Ugly milk-cap
Lactarius necator
A species of Milk-caps.
The messy look of the Ugly milk-cap is what gave it its familiar name. The genus, Lactarius, gets its name from the milky fluid these fungi release when they are harmed. While not acutely poisonous, the ugly milk-cap is thought to be a carcinogen, meaning it shouldn't be eaten.
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Attributes of Ugly milk-cap
Cap Diameter
6 - 9 cm
Height
4 - 5 cm
Cap
Cap 6 - 9 cm across; convex to flat; olive brown to brown or dark green; with fibrillose to fibrillose-scaly; margin incurved to decurved
Gills
Adnate to subdecurrent; close; pale orange; turns dark brown to olive brown when cut
Stem
Stem 4 - 5 cm long, 3 - 4 cm thick; grayish yellow, brown
Flesh
Flesh 1 - 1.5 cm thick; pale yellow; unchanging on exposure
Spore Print Color
Pale yellow
Odor
Mild to very peppery
Body Color
BrownGreenYellow
Growth Form
Solitary, Scattered
Nutrient Gathering
Mycorrhizal
Substrate
On soil
You can find Ugly milk-cap by these plants
Oaks, Spruces, Firs
Endangered Species
No
Scientific Classification of Ugly milk-cap
Phylum
Club fungi
Class
Mushroom-forming fungi
Order
Russulales
Family
Russulaceae
Genus
Milk-caps
Toxicity and Edibility of Ugly milk-cap
Is Ugly milk-cap Toxic?
The poisonous mushroom, known as the ugly milk-cap, can cause symptoms of gastroenteritis within 30 minutes to 3 hours of consumption. Key indicators include nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, and diarrhea, occasionally accompanied by perspiration, fatigue, lightheadedness, and shivers.
