Lactarius Turpis - the "ugly milk cap" (PNW)
Submitted 10 months ago by the_artic_one@programming.dev to mycology@mander.xyz
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Submitted 10 months ago by the_artic_one@programming.dev to mycology@mander.xyz
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pseudo@jlai.lu 10 months ago
Can you eat it?
the_artic_one@programming.dev 10 months ago
You can mostly remove the toxins by boiling these but they’re still mildly toxic and aren’t generally considered tasty. Plus the cap is sticky so it usually has a layer of dirt and moss growing on it.
They apparently eat them picked in Russia.
pseudo@jlai.lu 10 months ago
That explains the dirty look.