Sunday, 10 November 2024

Saffron Milkcap

Saffron Milkcap (Lactarius deliciosus, 松乳菇).

I was at a conference at Shibadong Village in West Hunan, which has been vaunted as exemplary model in China's poverty reduction campaign over the past ten years. I had a chance to explore a little, and met an elderly Miao man on the roadside who was selling these mushrooms that he had picked on the mountain earlier that morning. They are very popular in rural Hunan, and usually cooked with pork.

Saffron Milkcap at Shibadong Village