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Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Russulales: Russulaceae: Lactarius uvidus (Fr.) Fr.

Lactarius uvidus – shiner

Synonyms: Agaricus uvidus, Galorrheus uvidus, Lactarius azonus, Lactarius livescens.

Common name: shiner.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Lactarius uvidus is a European and North American "milk-cap" mushroom, of which the milk turns violet when the flesh is damaged. The fungi generally identified as L. uvidus are part of a complex of closely related species and varieties which are difficult to delimit definitively.

Finnish: Korpirousku, German: Klebriger Violett-Milchling, Hungarian: Barnáslila tejelőgomba, Lithuanian: Glitusis piengrybis, Polish: Mleczaj lepki, Russian: Млечник мокрый, Swedish: Lilariska.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Lilac staining milkcap mushrooms <B>Lactarius uvidus</B>(?) and other milkcap at the top on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2019-10-12.htm">October 12, 2019</A>
LinkLilac staining milkcap mushrooms Lactarius uvidus(?) and other milkcap at the top on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, October 12, 2019
Location on mapsLone Star Hiking Trail, Cleveland, TX 77328, USA
Lilac staining milkcap mushrooms <B>Lactarius uvidus</B>(?) with a red band under its cap on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2019-10-12.htm">October 12, 2019</A>
LinkLilac staining milkcap mushrooms Lactarius uvidus(?) with a red band under its cap on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, October 12, 2019
Location on mapsLone Star Hiking Trail, Cleveland, TX 77328, USA
Reddish cross section of lilac staining milkcap mushrooms <B>Lactarius uvidus</B>(?) on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2019-10-12.htm">October 12, 2019</A>
LinkReddish cross section of lilac staining milkcap mushrooms Lactarius uvidus(?) on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, October 12, 2019
Location on mapsLone Star Hiking Trail, Cleveland, TX 77328, USA

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