Observation 1492: Lactarius subvillosus Hesler & A.H. Sm.
When: 2006-12-09
Collection location: Albion, Mendocino Co., California, USA [Click for map]
No specimen available
Notes:
Ok, not really sure about these. The real difference on these was a fairly fuzzy edge to the pileus. But it wasn’t fuzzy enough for a L. torminosus, plus there aren’t any birch or aspen in Mendocino that I know of. Looking at the notes in Arora for L. torminosus, there is a mention of L. subvillosus, so we called these they. But it would be good to compare to more samples in the future.