Pear-Milk Mushroom.Fig. 26.
(Lactarius volemum.)508.
This species is recognized by its very rich coloration, firm flesh, mild taste, white milk (changing to a dull dark umber-colour where theplant is bruised or broken), white gills becoming warm yellow-buff, and the full sienna top; the stem is solid, and the plant grows in woods.
The taste of this plant, when fried, has aptly been compared to lamb’s kidney, and resembles in flavour the only other edible Lactarius—viz.L. deliciosus,fig. 11. It is a rare species in this country.