
Yellow-staining Milkcap
The cap was convex with an inrolled margin. Color was cinnamon-pink to tan. Milk started to leak out of the cap as soon as I gently touched the mushroom – even on the outside of the cap! The gills also oozed profusely with a slight touch. The milk was initially white, but turned yellow within a few seconds on exposure to air.

"Lactarius vinaceorufescens" is a poisonous species of fungus in the family Russulaceae. It produces mushrooms with pinkish-cinnamon caps up to 12 cm wide held by pinkish-white stems up to 7 cm long.
Similar species: Russulales
By Christine Young
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Uploaded Feb 28, 2018. Captured Sep 2, 2017 11:55 in 80 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.