Lactarius glyciosmus, commonly known as the coconut milk cap or coconut scented milk cap, is a semi-edible mushroom in the genus Lactarius. It is typically coloured a greyish lilac, with the sometimes hollow stem a little lighter coloured than the cap. It has crowded, decurrent gills, and smells strongly of coconuts. Mycorrhizal, it can be found growing in soil at the base of birch trees in Europe.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Coconut Milkcap being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Lactarius vietus
- Lactarius mammosus
- Lactarius helvus — considered toxic
- Lactarius pyrogalus
- Lactarius flexuosus
- Lactarius trivialis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Russulales
- Family
- Russulaceae
- Genus
- Lactarius
- Species
- Lactarius glyciosmus
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