Lactarius vietus (Lactarius vietus) photo and description

Blechnik (Lactarius vietus)

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Faded milky (Lactarius vietus) is a fungus of the Russula family, belonging to the genus Milky.

The fruiting body of the lactarius faded (Lactarius vietus) consists of a stem and a cap. The hymenophore is represented by a lamellar type. The plates in it are often located, have a whitish tint, slightly descend along the stem, are yellow-ocher in color, but turn gray when pressed or damaged in their structure.

The diameter of the cap can be from 3 to 8 (sometimes 10) cm. It is characterized by fleshiness, but at the same time thin, in immature mushrooms it has a bulge in the center. The color of the cap is wine-brown or brownish, in the central part it is darker, and along the edges it is lighter. The contrast is especially noticeable in mature mature mushrooms. There are no concentric areas on the cap.

The length of the stem varies in the range of 4-8 cm, and the diameter is 0.5-1 cm. It is cylindrical in shape, sometimes flattened or expanded towards the base. It can be curved or even, in young fruiting bodies it is solid, subsequently becoming hollow. Slightly lighter in color than the cap, may have a light brown or cream tint.

The flesh of the fungus is very thin and brittle, initially white in color, gradually turns white, and has no smell. The milky juice of the fungus is characterized by abundance, white color and causticity, upon contact with air it becomes olive or gray.

The color of the spore powder is light ocher.

The fungus is widely distributed on the continents of North America and Eurasia. You can meet him often, and the faded milky grows in large groups and colonies. Fruiting bodies of the fungus grow in deciduous and mixed forests, form mycorrhiza with birch wood.

The mass fruiting of the fungus continues throughout September, and the first harvest of the faded milkweed can be harvested as early as mid-August. It grows in mixed and deciduous forests, where there are birches and pines. Prefers swampy areas with high levels of humidity and mossy areas. Fruits often and every year.

Faded milkweed (Lactarius vietus) belongs to the category of conditionally edible mushrooms, it is eaten mainly salty, it is pre-soaked for 2-3 days before salting, after which it is boiled for 10-15 minutes.

The faded lactic (Lactarius vietus) is similar in appearance to the edible serushka mushroom, especially when the weather is wet outside, and the fruiting body of the faded lactic becomes lilac. Its main difference from serushka is a thinner and more fragile structure, a greater frequency of platelets, milky juice graying in air, and a cap with a sticky surface. The described species also looks like a lilac milky. True, when cut, the flesh becomes purple, and the faded milky – gray.

Another similar species is the papillary lactarius (Lactarius mammosus), which grows only under coniferous trees and is characterized by a fruity (with an admixture of coconut) aroma and a darker color of its cap.

An ordinary lactic is also outwardly similar to a faded lactic, but the difference in this case is its large size, the dark shade of the cap and the milky juice, which becomes yellow-brown when dried.