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Lactarius illyricus
Piltaver

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Description

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Lactarius illyricus grows primarily on acid soil under beech. It can be recognised in the field by the pale yellow orange coloured basidiocarps, the zonate pileus, dense gills and white unchanging, acrid milk.

Photo © Kobeke Van de Putte.