Hello fungi lovers, again another week contributing my latest find, in one of my recent outings in search of mushrooms.
The find on this occasion is a lactarius quietus this fungus always grows near European oaks, emerges alone or in scattered groups in the autumn months, it has a convex hat, and its color is light brown with small dark spots and in the center of the hat has a small depression.
This mushroom grows to a considerable size, its hat is several centimeters in diameter and it has a sturdy, short foot of the same hue as the hat and thanks to its brown color it manages to camouflage itself among the carpet of autumnal leaves.
It is a somewhat common fungi in humid forests, especially where prodominan oaks are often confused with other lactarius species such as Rufus Decipiens and Subdulcis.
Regarding edibility, it is preferable to refrain from ingesting it, because although it has a soft, whitish flesh, it has an unpleasant smell and taste, it is soft to the touch; although if you manage to hold it tightly, a whitish substance that has a latex appearance emanates from it
It is an ectomycorrhizal fungus, that is, it feeds directly on something that is why it grows very close to oaks, although it has also been discovered that it can feed itself by means of organic matter waste existing in the soil without having to adhere to the roots of the trees.
