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Coconut Milkcap

Lactarius glyciosmus

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) will_brantingham, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

27 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 537, February 397, March 621, April 978, May 1,409, June 1,537, July 1,645, August 1,414, September 1,038, October 775, November 424, December 331.
United States11,284
Alaska11,106
Canada205
British Columbia59
Ontario56
New Zealand44
Quebec38
Idaho36
United Kingdom28
Otago Region28

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Human edibleListed as edible by a harvested source. This is a research trait, not foraging advice.FungiTastic metadata
  • Mycorrhizal fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly form mycorrhizal associations.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderRussulales
FamilyMilkcaps, Brittlegills and Allies · Russulaceae
GenusCommon Milkcaps · Lactarius

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Coconut Milkcap with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.