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Morchella esculenta mushroom in green grass

Close-up of a wild mushroom in a grassy field with soft focus background.

$Lactarius pubescens, commonly known as the downy milk cap, is a species of fungus in the family Russulaceae. It is a medium to large agaric with a creamy-buff, hairy cap, whitish gills and short stout stem. The fungus has a cosmopolitan distribution, and grows solitarily or in scattered groups on sandy soil under or near birch. \nDescription:\nThe cap is 2.5–10 cm wide, obtuse to convex, becoming broadly convex with a depressed center. The margin (cap edge) is rolled inward and bearded with coarse white hairs when young. The cap surface is dry and fibrillose except for the center, which is sticky and smooth when fresh, azonate, white to cream, becoming reddish-orange to vinaceous (red wine-colored) on the disc with age. The gills are attached to slightly decurrent, crowded, seldom forked, whitish to pale yellow with pinkish tinges, slowly staining brownish ochraceous when bruised. The stem is 2–6.5 cm long, 6–13 mm thick, nearly equal or tapered downward, silky, becoming hollow with age, whitish when young, becoming ochraceous from the base up when older, apex usually tinged pinkish, often with a white basal mycelium. The flesh is firm, white; odor faintly like geraniums or sometimes pungent, taste acrid. The latex is white upon exposure, unchanging, not staining tissues, taste acrid. The spore print is cream with a pinkish tint. The edibility of Lactarius pubescens has been described as unknown, poisonous, and even edible.\nEdibility: Ambiguous and controversial. In Russia is consumed after prolonged boiling followed by a marinating process. However it is reported to have caused gastro-intestinal upsets. Therefore, its consumption should not be recommended and this species considered toxic (source Wikipedia).$

toadstool mushrooms growing in the meadow, bright juicy colors of autumn, autumn composition.

Autumn foraging finds Poison Puffball amongst leaf litter

Close-up of a fungus called Common Puffball (Lycoperdon Perlatum)common puffball, warted puffball, gem-studded puffball). White mushrooms in the autumn forest.

Poisonous mushroom in the ground in the forest in autumn.

Four white Agaricus mushrooms stand in a tight group, centered in this monochrome horizontal composition, all touching, emerging from a forest floor. The mushrooms appear close up, and one is significantly larger than the other three, and leans toward the right of frame.

Field mushroom and dead leaves in grass during spring

View of a mushroom on the soil in in pine forest.

$A solitary horse mushroom, \tAgaricus arvensis, sitting in the middle of luscious green grass$

White mushroom in fall on forest floor, Connecticut. Classic composition.

Very beautiful poisonous mushrooms Agaricus Xanthodermus lie on the green grass Nature concept for design

Beautiful photo of mushroom in Autumn on mountain

Field mushroom and dead leaves in grass during autumn

$Autumn in pre-Pyrenees, Catalonian undergrowth.. during autumn season.\n\nLepiota$

Wild mushrooms growing in the meadows of the Lozoya valley in the Sierra de Guadarrama in Madrid, Spain

$Lactarius rufus (Scop. ex Fr.) Fr. Rufous Milkcap, Lactaire roux, Fuchsfarbener Milchling, Rõt tejelõgomba, rõt keserûgomba, Lattario fulvo, Rossige melkzwam. Cap 3–10cm across, convex, later flattening, finally with a central depression, the centre usually with a pointed umbo, red-brown, bay or dark brick, moderately thick-fleshed, breaking fairly easily, surface dry and matt, margin somewhat inrolled at first. Stem 40–80 x 5–20mm, concolorous with cap but paler. Flesh white, stem often hollow when old. Gills somewhat decurrent, brittle, yellowish at first, later as cap but paler. Milk white; taste mild then after about a minute very hot and acrid. Spore print creamy whitish (B) with slight salmon tinge. Spores elliptic, warts occasionally isolated but mainly connected by thin ridges to form a rather incomplete network, 8–9.5 x 6.5–7.5µ. Habitat under pine. Season late spring to late autumn. Very common. Not edible although in some areas used as a seasoning after special treatment. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Distribution, America and Europe (source R. Phillips).\n\nThis is a common Species under Pines in the Netherlands.$