Lactarius torminosus (Schaeff.) Gray
(Woolly Milkcap)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLactarius torminosus (Woolly Milkcap)
SubgenusLactarius (Piperites) (a group of milkcaps)
GenusLactarius (milkcap toadstools)
FamilyRUSSULACEAE (milkcaps and russulas)
OrderRUSSULALES (an order of toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Lactarius torminosus (Woolly Milkcap) :
1: Lactarius torminosus (Woolly Milkcap)
12 Oct 2016 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
A pair of fruitbodies and a young button, under Hazel, Chestnut, oak, birch
Image 1: Cap (young) flesh with milk - close-upImage 2: Cap flesh with milk - close-upImage 3: Cap flesh with milk - close-up (2)Image 4: Cap surface - dark backgroundImage 5: Fruitbodies - lain down to show stipe and gills - natural backgroundImage 6: Fruitbodies - top viewImage 7: Fruitbody - young - cap - top view - natural backgroundImage 8: Fruitbody - young - side view - natural backgroundImage 9: Gills - natural backgroundImage 10: Cap surface - close-up - enlarged - dark backgroundImage 11: Cap surface - close-up - enlarged - dark background (2)Image 12: Cap surface - close-up - enlarged - dark background (3)Image 13: Gills at cap margin - close-up - enlarged - dark backgroundImage 14: Gills at stipe apex - close-up - enlargedImage 15: Gills with cut to show milk - close-up - enlargedImage 16: Gills with cut to show milk - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 17: Spore print - scraped - enlarged - white backgroundImage 18: Stipe apex and inrolled cap - young - underside view - enlarged - natural backgroundImage 19: Stipe apex - close-up - enlarged - dark backgroundImage 20: Spores - magnifiedImage 21: Spores - magnified (2)Image 22: Spores - magnified (3)Image 23: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 24: Spores - highly magnified (2)Image 25: Spores - highly magnified (3)Image 26: Spores - highly magnified (4)
2: Lactarius torminosus (Woolly Milkcap)
4 Oct 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
under Birch, Hazel
Image 1: CapImage 2: Cap (2)Image 3: Cap - LSImage 4: Cap - LS - showing gill and cap marginImage 5: Cap margin - close-upImage 6: Cap surface - close-upImage 7: FruitbodyImage 8: Fruitbody - LSImage 9: Fruitbody - undersideImage 10: Gills
3: Lactarius torminosus (Woolly Milkcap)
14 Oct 1978 OSGR: SU93 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Image 1: Fruitbody - top view
4: Lactarius torminosus (Woolly Milkcap)
15 Oct 1977 OSGR: SU94 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Pale specimen
Image 1: Fruitbody - top view - in situImage 2: Fruitbody - upturned to show gills
5: Lactarius torminosus (Woolly Milkcap)
1 Oct 1977 OSGR: SU83 51° 0’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
Image 1: Fruitbody - top view - in situImage 2: Gills and stipe apex - close-up
6: Lactarius torminosus (Woolly Milkcap)
23 Sep 1973 OSGR: SE66 54° 0’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: North-east Yorks (VC 62) England
Image 1: Fruitbody - oblique view - in situImage 2: Fruitbody - side view - lain downImage 3: Fruitbody - upturned to show gills
7: Lactarius torminosus (Woolly Milkcap)
24 Sep 1968 OSGR: TQ21 50° 60’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
on rotten wood
Image 1: Fruitbody - oblique view - in situImage 2: Fruitbody - side view showing gills - in situ

Lactarius torminosus (Woolly Milkcap) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lactarius torminosus (Woolly Milkcap)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lactarius torminosus (Woolly Milkcap)

The Woolly Milk-cap has a zonate pink to brick-coloured cap with a shaggy margin. The toadstool is mycorrhizal with Betula and is very common almost everywhere the host is found.

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