Hygrophorus Milkcap (fruiting body) in Howard Co., Maryland (6/15/2012).
Hygrophorus Milkcap (top) in Howard Co., Maryland (6/20/2012).
Hygrophorus Milkcap (gills and latex) in Howard Co., Maryland (6/15/2012).
Hygrophorus Milkcap in Howard Co., Maryland (8/27/2015). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Hygrophorus Milkcap in Howard Co., Maryland (8/27/2015). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Spores of Hygrophorus Milkcap in Howard Co., Maryland (8/27/2015). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Hygrophorus Milkcap growing in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/13/2018). Determined by Jo Solem.
Hygrophorus Milkcap growing in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/13/2018). Determined by Jo Solem.
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23 Records
Status
Found solitary or in groups under hardwoods, especially oaks.
Description
Cap: orange with darker disc; smooth to velvety; mostly flat to depressed, uplifted margin in age; flesh white; latex white. Gills: White / cream, attached to slightly decurrent, distant. Stalk: Some shade of orange, may be yellow at base. (J. Solem, pers. comm.)
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Hygrophorus Milkcap (fruiting body) in Howard Co., Maryland (6/15/2012).
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Hygrophorus Milkcap (top) in Howard Co., Maryland (6/20/2012).
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Hygrophorus Milkcap (gills and latex) in Howard Co., Maryland (6/15/2012).
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Hygrophorus Milkcap in Howard Co., Maryland (8/27/2015). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Hygrophorus Milkcap in Howard Co., Maryland (8/27/2015). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Spores of Hygrophorus Milkcap in Howard Co., Maryland (8/27/2015). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Hygrophorus Milkcap growing in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/13/2018). Determined by Jo Solem.
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Hygrophorus Milkcap growing in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/13/2018). Determined by Jo Solem.
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Source: Wikipedia
| Lactifluus hygrophoroides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | Russulaceae |
| Genus: | Lactarius |
| Species: | L. hygrophoroides
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| Binomial name | |
| Lactarius hygrophoroides Berk. & M.A.Curtis 1859
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Lactarius hygrophoroides is a species of milk-cap mushroom in the order Russulales. It was first described scientifically by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis in 1859.[1] It is a choice edible,[2] although some report its taste to be mild.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Berkeley MJ, Curtis MA (1859). "Centuries of North American fungi". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. III. 4 (22): 284–96. doi:10.1080/00222935908697127.
- ^ Phillips, Roger (2010) [2005]. Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
- ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
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