From: ir@ene.nu   
      
   On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 07:19:43 -0500, Frederick Burroughs   
    wrote:   
      
   >Irene Andersson wrote:   
   >   
   >> Frederick Burroughs wrote:   
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   >>>Irene Andersson wrote:   
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   >>>>Frederick Burroughs wrote:   
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   >>>>>Anyway, there are many Lactarius in my area that display a similar   
   >>>>>sweet aroma; L. aquifluus, L. camphoratus, L. mutabilis, L.quietus   
   >>>>>var. incanus, and others. But, the one being mentioned from the U.S.   
   >>>>>west coast, L. fragilis, is not mentioned in any of my regional guides.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>Then I suppose you don't have any candy caps in your area.   
   >>>>   
   >>>Heh. No, Lactarius rubidus is not found in the eastern United States,   
   >>>as far as I can tell. However, as David Arora tells it in "Mushrooms   
   >>>Demystified," L. fragilis var. rubidus (=L. rubidus) "for years it has   
   >>>passed as L. camphoratus. This species, however, is found in northern   
   >>>coniferous and hardwood forests..." So, it appears at least one   
   >>>variety of Candy Cap was originally classified as L. camphoratus. With   
   >>>L. rubidus more properly classified, were the Candy Caps improperly   
   >>>known as L. camphoratus not Candy Caps?   
   >>>   
   >> Yes they were, but remember that many descriptions (of important   
   >> characters like smell and habitat) still are a mixture of L.   
   >> camphoratus, fragilis, rubidus, rufulus and maybe more varieties.   
   >> Some of them (the ones growing in the east) were probably the true   
   >> Curry Milkcap (L. camphoratus).   
   >> With that in mind, it is easy to understand the problems american   
   >> taxonomists have had to sort things out.   
   >>   
   >> Here's an interesting blog, btw:   
   >>   
   >> http://www.fungi-zette.com/mush14.htm#candy   
   >>   
   >   
   >We do have another one here in the eastern U.S., L. aquifluus, which   
   >was formally known as L. helvus var. aquifluus and suspected to be   
   >poisonous. But, the true L. aquifluus, or Burnt-sugar Milky, is   
   >reportedly a quite good edible.   
      
   And it has also been called Curry Milkcap. Sounds like another one   
   that could have been confused with L. camphoratus (but paler and   
   larger)..   
      
   Irene Andersson   
      
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