I have loved mushrooms since childhood, and I have also been a programmer for a long time. Combining these two hobbies, I wrote this website. Previously, I had two other mushroom identification sites, which I sold. Only one of them remains accessible today. My goal with the current site is to create an easy-to-use search and identification platform that works great both in the field and at home. I hope it brings joy to others.
Bartha László
Species flashcards
Practice area: created for the 303-species Hungarian mushroom inspector requirement. It is not an official examination; requirements in other countries may differ.
Zoned Milkcap
Lactarius zonarius
not edible
- Habitat: deciduous
- Fruiting season: June – October
- Cap: funnel-shaped zoned infolded wavy
- Stem: cylindrical
- Fertile layer: adnate decurrent sparse smooth
Description
Cap: 5-15 (20) cm in diameter; initially convex, then becoming funnel-shaped, its margin infolded for a long time, later irregularly wavy; straw-colored, orange-ochre; surface slightly sticky when young, concentrically zoned, especially towards the finely powdery margin.
Gills: Adnate or slightly decurrent, relatively sparsely standing; light yellow, ochre-yellow, with orange tinge.
Stem: 3-6 cm long, 1-3 cm thick; stocky, cylindrical or slightly tapering downwards; paler cap-colored; slightly uneven surface, darker spotted.
Flesh: Hard; whitish; exudes white milky juice when broken; weakly fruity smell, burning peppery taste.
Spore: Cream-butter colored; 7-8.5 x 6-7μm; decorated with warts.
Occurrence: From June to October, in calcareous deciduous forests, mainly under oaks, hornbeams, not rare species.
Edibility: Not edible.
Confusion: Similar to the not edible yellowdrop milkcap, Maire's milkcap, the edible saffron milkcap and the false saffron milkcap.
Note: insulsus means tasteless, "unsalted". lactarius comes from the word lacto - milk, and refers to the milky juice. The current name zonarius means zoned.
Species description: In 1838, Elias Magnus Fries placed it in the current genus. Previously, also Fries described it scientifically in 1821, at that time most cap-bearing gilled mushrooms were members of the agaricus genus.
Taxonomy
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderRussulales
- FamilyRussulaceae
- GenusLactarius
- Species: zonarius
- Described by: (Bull.) Fr.
- Hungarian name: begöngyöltszélű tejelőgomba
- Lifestyle: mycorrhizal
- Edibility: not edible
