Key Identification Features
- Orange-brown cap with concentric zones and green staining when old
- orange gills and milk
- hollow orange stem
- under spruce
- well-known edible related to Lactarius deliciosus — important to distinguish from toxic lookalikes
Regions Found
Region data not available
Look-Alikes
No documented look-alikes on record.
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