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Lactarius deterrimus – False saffron milkcap

Synonym: Lactarius deliciosus.

Common name: false saffron milkcap.

Russian names: Ryzhik elovyy, Elovik.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Lactarius deterrimus, also known as false saffron milkcap or orange milkcap, is a species of fungus in the family Russulaceae. The fungus produces medium-sized fruit bodies (mushrooms) with orangish caps up to 12 cm (4.7 in) wide that develop green spots in old age or if injured. Its orange-coloured latex stains maroon within 30 minutes. Lactarius deterrimus is a mycorrhizal fungus that associates with Norway spruce and bearberry. The species is distributed in Europe, but has also found in parts of Asia. A visually similar species in the United States and Mexico is not closely related to the European species. Fruit bodies appear between late June and November, usually in spruce forests. Although the fungus is edible—like all Lactarius mushrooms from the section Deliciosi—its taste is often bitter, and it is not highly valued. The fruit bodies are used as source of food for the larvae of several insect species. Lactarius deterrimus can be distinguished from similar Lactarius species by difference in the mycorrhizal host or latex colour.

Photos of this mushroom from the area of St. Petersburg, Russia

Gills of false saffron milkcap mushroom (Lactarius deterrimus, Russian name Ryshik) in Okhtinsky Park in Toksovo, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 13, 2013
Glavnaya, 107, Syargi, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188664

False saffron milkcap mushroom (Lactarius deterrimus) in Okhtinsky Park in Toksovo, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 13, 2013
Glavnaya, 107, Syargi, Leningrad Oblast, Russia, 188660

False saffron milkcap mushroom (Lactarius deterrimus, Russian name Ryshik) on roadside near Kavgolovskoe Lake, 12 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 20, 2013
Совхозная улица, 1А, Kavgolovo, Leningrad Oblast, Russia

Orange milkcap mushroom Lactarius deterrimus on roadside near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 24, 2016
Dachnaya ul., Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188664

False saffron milkcap mushrooms (Lactarius deterrimus, Russian name Ryshik) on roadside near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 24, 2016
Dachnaya ul., Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188664

Orange milkcap mushrooms (Lactarius deterrimus, Russian name Ryzhik) on roadside near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 24, 2016
Dachnaya ul., Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188664

Milkcap mushrooms (Lactarius deterrimus, Russian name Ryzhik) near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 24, 2016

Milkcap mushroom (Lactarius deterrimus, Russian name Ryzhik) near Dibuny, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 7, 2016
Zapadniy Skorostnoy Diameter, g. Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197758

Milkcap mushrooms (Lactarius deterrimus, Russian name Ryzhik) south-west from Dibuny - Pesochnyi, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 14, 2016
Unnamed Road, Pesochnyy, g. Sankt-Peterburg, Russia

Milkcap mushroom (Lactarius deterrimus, Russian name Ryzhik) with a marsh orchid on roadside near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 14, 2017

False saffron milkcap mushrooms (Lactarius deterrimus) in spruce forest in Tarkhovka near Sestroretsk. West from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 15, 2017
Unnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197701

False saffron milkcap mushroom (Lactarius deterrimus, Russian name Ryshik) west from Kavgolovskoe Lake near Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 1, 2017
Dachnaya Ulitsa, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188664

False saffron milkcap mushroom (Lactarius deterrimus, Russian name Ryshik) near Lisiy Nos. West from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 26, 2018
Природный заказник «Северное побережье Невской губы», Primorskoye Shosse, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197755

Milkcap mushrooms Lactarius deterrimus near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 5, 2018
Unnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188664

Underside of a false saffron milkcap mushroom (Lactarius deterrimus, Russian name Ryshik) near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 5, 2018
Leningrad Oblast, Russia, 188667

False saffron milkcap mushrooms (Lactarius deterrimus, Russian name Ryshik) near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 5, 2018
Leningrad Oblast, Russia, 188667

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