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Liver Milkcap

Lactarius hepaticus

Liver MilkcapRichard Daniel/ CC BY-SA 3.0

About this fungus

Liver Milkcap is listed in the Shroomify field guide as a gills fungus in the Russulaceae family. Grows with pine trees

A note on identification
This profile is a guide rather than a guarantee. If you are considering eating a wild mushroom, check the whole specimen and its possible lookalikes carefully. Do not eat it if you are unsure of the identification.

Further reading

First Nature · MushroomExpert.com

The Shroomify Research Project

What the records suggest about Liver Milkcap

The project has analysed over a million matched fungal events alongside weather and habitat data. These findings describe patterns in the study, not conditions that every fruitbody must follow.

Tree associations

Of the tree types tested, Liver Milkcap was most often recorded where pine was present.

Elevation

Records tended to come from lower ground, about 142 metres below the average elevation of fungal records in the study.

Weather or season?

Recent weather added a smaller but repeatable signal after the normal seasonal pattern had been allowed for.

Weather response

When does this mushroom tend to appear?

The middle line means there was no difference between this species and other fungi recorded in the same area and part of the season. Warmer and cooler always mean warmer or cooler than normal for that place and time of year, not absolute temperature.

Increase linked with more recordsDecrease linked with more recordsNo clear linkThin line shows uncertainty

Rainfall

Rainier than normal conditions 31 to 60 days beforehand was linked with more records.

Rainier than normalNo changeDrier than normalRainier than normal conditions 0 to 3 days beforehand was linked with more records of this species.Rainfall 4 to 7 days beforehand did not show a clear link with how often this species was recorded.Rainier than normal conditions 8 to 14 days beforehand was linked with more records of this species.Rainfall 15 to 21 days beforehand did not show a clear link with how often this species was recorded.Rainfall 22 to 30 days beforehand did not show a clear link with how often this species was recorded.Rainier than normal conditions 31 to 60 days beforehand was linked with more records of this species.0-34-78-1415-2122-3031-60Days before the record

Soil moisture

Wetter than normal soil 0 to 3 days beforehand was linked with more records.

Wetter than normalNo changeDrier than normalWetter than normal soil 0 to 3 days beforehand was linked with more records of this species.Wetter than normal soil 4 to 7 days beforehand was linked with more records of this species.Soil moisture 8 to 14 days beforehand did not show a clear link with how often this species was recorded.Soil moisture 15 to 21 days beforehand did not show a clear link with how often this species was recorded.Soil moisture 22 to 30 days beforehand did not show a clear link with how often this species was recorded.Soil moisture 31 to 60 days beforehand did not show a clear link with how often this species was recorded.0-34-78-1415-2122-3031-60Days before the record

Each point is a separate matched comparison for that weather measure and time window. Clear results must have a meaningful effect, adequate geographic coverage and the same direction in odd and even years. These are associations in field records, not rules or forecasts.

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