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Lactarius quieticolor Romagn., Revue Mycol. Paris 23(3): 280 (1958)

Lactarius hemicyaneus Romagn., Revue Mycol. Paris 23(3): 280 (1958)
Lactarius quieticolor var. hemicyaneus (Romagn.) Basso, Fungi europ. (Alassio) 7: 275 (1999)

Habitat: On acidic soil in conifer woodland, usually associated with Pinus sylvestris.

Notes: Rarely reported. Known from England (East Sussex, South Hampshire and West Kent), Scotland (Morayshire and South Aberdeen) and Wales (Breconshire) and reported elsewhere but unsubstantiated with voucher material. Resembles L. deliciosus when the cobalt-blue colours of the pileipellis have faded.

Distribution: E: !, S: !, W: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 59703; Scotland: K(M) 103117; Wales: K(M) 120135

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 407
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), as Lactarius hemicyaneus, p. 407
D+I:, in Heilmann-Clausen, J., Verbeken, A. & Vesterholt, J., Fungi of Northern Europe: The genus Lactarius 2: 287 pp. (1998), p. 142-143
D+I:, in Basso, M.T., Fungi Europaei 7: Lactarius Pers. 7: 845 pp. (1999), as Lactarius quieticolor var. hemicyanea, p. 275-279
D+I:, in Basso, M.T., Fungi Europaei 7: Lactarius Pers. 7: 845 pp. (1999), as Lactarius quieticolor var. quieticolor, p. 271-275

Conservation Status: Vulnerable (Red Data List, Ing 1992); removed from list (Red Data List, Evans et al. 2006)

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