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Hatsutake
Lactarius hatsudake, hatsutake, is a pine-associated milk cap of East Asia and one of the region's valued wild edibles. It has a pale reddish-brown, often zoned cap and dark wine-red latex, and its damaged parts slowly stain blue-green. It favours young, sparse pine stands on poor soils.
Edible and well regarded in Japan and China, cooked in soups, grills and rice dishes. Confirm the wine-red latex that turns blue-green. L. akahatsu (orange latex) is edible but inferior. L. chrysorrheus has white latex turning yellow and is acrid. Avoid white-latex Lactarius look-alikes.
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