We call them sanguins (bloodish) in French, because of the red-wine/blood colored sap they produce, which is a factor in identifying them.
I went in the woods today for my prefered autumns food amongst mushrooms, the blood milk cap (sanguin). It is a lactarius, so procuces a milky sap, and in this case, the milk is dark orange to red wine color.
The cap color ranges from orange to whitish discoloration and bears green traces, more or less extended, but often bear some green traces, which range from microscopic to almost the whole cap. The cap either rolls down arround the gills, or is flat, or makes a V. The gills are straight and the delimitation between foot and gills is visible and clear, there is no volva or ring. The mushroom colors to green when bruised after a few hours, but the main identifying factor is the presence of the often scarce red wine colored sap when cut.
This specific specie is symbiotic of pine trees, and grows from October to December in places where there are mediterannean pine trees (can be mixed forests). At this season, they start blooming first in altidude, arround 1000m, then they slowly come blooming down to sea level.
The perfume is that of pines and mushroomy mycellium, and the meat is consistant, and ferm, but not chewy. The taste is somewhat unique, and extremely delicate, remembering of fresh beef, mushroom mycellium, with a light favor of pine. They are absolutely excellent in omelettes, and are often cooked and preserved in olive oil, to be used as pickles.
here is a bottom view.
here is a view of two extremely different specimen of the same specy, note the diferent colorations, and the presence of green, though it is hard to see on the small one.
a lot of them:
Blood mushroom? check the knife !
Packed and cooked.
Do you guys in UK get these, or only the lactarius deliciosus (saffron milk cap) which is very close, but yet not the same ? The saffron milk cap makes an orange milk, for the rest, ecxept the period, it's caracteristics are the same. The taste is slightly more peppery.
Both mushrooms will change the color of the urines to the color of their sap, no need to worry about it.
I went in the woods today for my prefered autumns food amongst mushrooms, the blood milk cap (sanguin). It is a lactarius, so procuces a milky sap, and in this case, the milk is dark orange to red wine color.
The cap color ranges from orange to whitish discoloration and bears green traces, more or less extended, but often bear some green traces, which range from microscopic to almost the whole cap. The cap either rolls down arround the gills, or is flat, or makes a V. The gills are straight and the delimitation between foot and gills is visible and clear, there is no volva or ring. The mushroom colors to green when bruised after a few hours, but the main identifying factor is the presence of the often scarce red wine colored sap when cut.
This specific specie is symbiotic of pine trees, and grows from October to December in places where there are mediterannean pine trees (can be mixed forests). At this season, they start blooming first in altidude, arround 1000m, then they slowly come blooming down to sea level.
The perfume is that of pines and mushroomy mycellium, and the meat is consistant, and ferm, but not chewy. The taste is somewhat unique, and extremely delicate, remembering of fresh beef, mushroom mycellium, with a light favor of pine. They are absolutely excellent in omelettes, and are often cooked and preserved in olive oil, to be used as pickles.
here is a bottom view.
here is a view of two extremely different specimen of the same specy, note the diferent colorations, and the presence of green, though it is hard to see on the small one.
a lot of them:
Blood mushroom? check the knife !
Packed and cooked.
Do you guys in UK get these, or only the lactarius deliciosus (saffron milk cap) which is very close, but yet not the same ? The saffron milk cap makes an orange milk, for the rest, ecxept the period, it's caracteristics are the same. The taste is slightly more peppery.
Both mushrooms will change the color of the urines to the color of their sap, no need to worry about it.
