saffron milk cap
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[edit]Noun
[edit]saffron milk cap (plural saffron milk caps)
- Lactarius deliciosus, an edible mushroom native to Europe.
- Synonyms: red pine mushroom, pine mushroom, (US) orange latex milky
- Hypernym: milk-cap
- 1976, The Gardener's Diary, Macmillan, →OCLC, page 271:
- Saffron milk cap has brittle flesh which, when broken, exudes a saffron coloured milk which quickly turns to orange and emits an acid odour. The fungus is edible but not as delicious as its name might imply.
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[edit]edible mushroom
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Further reading
[edit]- Lactarius deliciosus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Lactarius deliciosus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies