Dry grain mycelium of Lactarius vellereus - 10 g or 30 g
The mushroom forms mycorrhiza with deciduous and coniferous trees, often with birch. In coniferous and deciduous forests, usually in groups.
Season - Summer-Autumn.
The hat of the mushroom is -26 8-26 cm, fleshy, dense, first convex, then funnel-shaped, with edges, bent in young mushrooms, and then prostrate and wavy. White skin, all covered with white nap, as well as the leg - 5-8 cm in height, — 2-5 cm, strong, thick and dense, white. The white cap acquires a yellowish, sometimes reddish-brown shade with ocher spots. Plates are cast in a greenish or yellowish color, sometimes with ocher spots.
The plates are whitish in color, 0.4–0.7 cm wide, rather sparse, rather narrow, interspersed with short lamellae more or less descending along the stem. Spores are white, cylindrical.
The leg of the mushroom is 5–8 cm high, — 2–5 cm, strong, thick and dense, white. The surface is felt, as well as the top of the cap.
The flesh is white, very dense, firm, but fragile, with a faint pleasant smell and a very spicy taste. On a break it releases a very pungent white milky juice. White flesh in the air acquires a greenish-yellow color. Milky sap, drying out, becomes reddish.
Variability: The white head of the mushroom acquires a yellowish, reddish-brown shade with ocher spots. Plates are cast in a greenish or yellowish color, sometimes with ocher spots. White flesh in the air acquires a greenish-yellow color. Milky sap, drying out, becomes reddish.