Lactarius musteus Fr., Epicr. syst. mycol. (Uppsala): 337 (1838) [1836-1838] Habitat: On soil in Caledonian pinewoods, usually in boggy areas, with or near Sphagnum spp., growing under Pinus sylvestris.
Notes: Rarely reported but rather frequent in Caledonian pine forests.
Distribution: S: !
Vouchers: ; Scotland: K(M) 54326
Descriptions, Lists & Icons: D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 82-83 D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 368 I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 403 D+I:, in Heilmann-Clausen, J., Verbeken, A. & Vesterholt, J., Fungi of Northern Europe: The genus Lactarius 2: 287 pp. (1998), p. 76-77 D+I:, in Basso, M.T., Fungi Europaei 7: Lactarius Pers. 7: 845 pp. (1999), p. 171-175
Conservation Status: Endangered (Red Data List, Ing 1992); Near Threatened (Red Data List, Evans et al. 2006)
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