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- noun A
mushroom of the genusLactarius .
Etymologies
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milk + cap
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The colour comes from a separate parasitical fungus, Hypomyces lactifluorum, that grows on the outside of mushrooms, typically the short-stemmed russula (Russula brevipes) and the peppery milk-cap (Lactarius piperatus) .
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Shaun Smith 2011
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The colour comes from a separate parasitical fungus, Hypomyces lactifluorum, that grows on the outside of mushrooms, typically the short-stemmed russula (Russula brevipes) and the peppery milk-cap (Lactarius piperatus) .
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Shaun Smith 2011
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Macrolepiota procera) and false saffron milk-cap (Lactarius deterrimus
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