Extract from Wikipedia article: Lactarius torminosus, commonly known as the woolly milkcap or the bearded milkcap, is a large agaric fungus. A common and widely distributed species, it is found in North Africa, northern Asia, Europe, and North America. It was first described scientifically by Jacob Christian Schäffer in 1774 as an Agaricus, and later transferred to the genus Lactarius in 1821 by Samuel Frederick Gray. A variety, L. torminosus var. nordmanensis, is known from the United States, Canada, and Switzerland. L. torminosus officially became the type species of Lactarius in 2011 after molecular studies prompted the taxonomic reshuffling of species between several Russulaceae genera.
Woolly (bearded) milkcap mushroom (Lactarius torminosus, Russian name Volnushka) in a forest around Kavgolovskoe Lake, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 6, 2013 Ленинградская область, Всеволожский район
Woolly (bearded) milkcap mushroom (Lactarius torminosus, Russian name Volnushka) among dry leaves near Kavgolovskoe Lake near Oselki, 12 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 20, 2013 Ленинградская область, Всеволожский район
Woolly (bearded) milkcap mushroom (Lactarius torminosus, Russian name Volnushka) near Lisiy Nos, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 3, 2016 Санкт-Петербург, поселок Лисий Нос
Woolly milkcap mushrooms (Lactarius torminosus, Russian name Volnushka) near Lisiy Nos, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 3, 2016 Санкт-Петербург, Приморский район, муниципальный округ Лахта-Ольгино
Woolly milkcap mushroom (Lactarius torminosus) near Orekhovo, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 9, 2017 Ленинградская область, Всеволожский район, Куйвозовское сельское поселение
Young woolly milkcap mushroom (Lactarius torminosus) near Orekhovo, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 9, 2017 Ленинградская область, Всеволожский район, Куйвозовское сельское поселение
Woolly (bearded) milkcap mushrooms (Lactarius torminosus, Russian name Volnushka) near Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 1, 2018 Санкт-Петербург, посёлок Лисий Нос
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