milk-cap

English

Lactarius quietus, with drops of latex (“milk”)

Alternative forms

• milkcap, milk cap

Etymology

From milk +‎ cap, named after the latex (“milk”) they exude when cut or bruised.

Noun

milk-cap (plural milk-caps)

1. A mushroom of the genus Lactarius.

   Synonym: milky

Hyponyms

• candy cap
• saffron milk cap

Translations

mushroom of the genus Lactarius

• Bulgarian: рижика f (rižika), млечница f (mlečnica)
• Catalan: lactari m
• Czech: ryzec (cs) m
• Danish: mælkehat
• Finnish: rousku (fi)
• French: lactaire (fr) m
• German: Milchling m
• Hungarian: tejelőgomba (hu)
• Italian: sanguinello m
• Norwegian: riske m or f, melkesopp m
• Russian: мле́чник (ru) m (mléčnik)
• Swedish: riska (sv) c
• Welsh: cap llaeth m

See also

• milk caps: a children's game

Further reading

• milk-cap on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lactarius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies