Lactarius subpurpureus (Lactarius subpurpureus)

Lactarius subpurpureus Flat, sticky cap with a lined margin. It had concentric bands of pink, brown, and green. The gills were decurrent, distant, and pinkish red. Milk was deep red, but not easy to get going.

Habitat:Growing on the ground in a mixed forest - under eastern hemlock.
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Appearance

Cap: 3-10 cm; at first convex; becoming flat, with a shallow central depression, or vase-shaped; dry or slightly sticky; the margin naked, sometimes lined in age; bald; zoned with concentric bands of vinaceous red and pale pink, but soon fading to pinkish buff; sometimes more spotted than zoned; bruising green.

Gills: Attached to the stem or running slightly down it; nearly distant; vinaceous red and typically remaining so longer than the cap; bruising and spotting green.

Stem: 3-8 cm long; 0.5-1.5 cm thick; colored like the cap or paler; more or less equal; sometimes spotted or pitted; becoming hollow.

Flesh: Whitish to pink; staining red, and eventually green.

Milk: Deep red; scanty.

Odor and Taste: Odor not distinctive; taste mild to faintly peppery.

Lactarius subpurpureus Mostly flat cap with a small central depression, zones of pink, and an inrolled margin. Nearly distant, pinkish red gills that leak red milk. The stem was colored like the cap, but more pale.

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Distribution

Fairly widely distributed in the upper Midwest, the Appalachians, and northeastern North America.

Lactarius subpurpureus Mostly flat caps with central depressions, zones of pink, and an inrolled margin. Nearly distant, pinkish gills that leak red milk. The stem was colored like the cap, but more pale.

Habitat: Growing on the ground; mixed forest
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Habitat

Mycorrhizal with eastern hemlock and perhaps with other conifers; growing alone, scattered, or gregariously; summer and fall

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Taxonomy
Kingdom	Fungi
Division	Basidiomycota
Class	Agaricomycetes
Order	Russulales
Family	Russulaceae
Genus	Lactarius
Species	Lactarius subpurpureus

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