saffron milk cap

English

Noun

saffron milk cap (plural saffron milk caps)

1. Lactarius deliciosus, an edible mushroom native to Europe.

   Synonyms: red pine mushroom, pine mushroom, (US) orange latex milky

   Hypernym: milk-cap

   • 1976, The Gardener's Diary, Macmillan, →OCLC, page 271:

     Saffron milk cap has brittle flesh which, when broken, exudes a saffron coloured milk which quickly turns to orange and emits an acid odour. The fungus is edible but not as delicious as its name might imply.

Translations

edible mushroom

• Catalan: rovelló (ca) m, pinetell (ca) m (regional)
• Finnish: männynleppärousku
• French: barigoule (fr) f, lactaire délicieux (fr) m, catalan (fr) m
• Galician: níscaro (gl) m
• German: Edel-Reizker m, Echte Reizker (de) m, Kiefern-Blutreizker m
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Ingrian: leppäseeni
• Italian: agarico delizioso m, sanguinello m
• Polish: rydz (pl) m, mleczaj rydz (pl) m
• Portuguese: sancha (pt) f, pinheira (pt) f
• Russian: рыжик (ru) (ryžik)
• Spanish: níscalo (es) m, robellón (es) m, mízcalo (es) m

Further reading

• Lactarius deliciosus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lactarius deliciosus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies