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Hygrophorus Milky Cap - Lactifluus hygrophoroides Cap was bright orange, wet, and sticky. The gills were cream-colored, and the stipe was orange with a white bloom. The gills produced copious amounts of milk when disturbed. <br /> <br /> Habitat: Deciduous forest<br /> Geotagged,Hygrophorus Milky Cap,Lactifluus,Lactifluus hygrophoroides,Summer,United States,fungus,milk cap,milky cap,mushroom Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Hygrophorus Milky Cap - Lactifluus hygrophoroides

Cap was bright orange, wet, and sticky. The gills were cream-colored, and the stipe was orange with a white bloom. The gills produced copious amounts of milk when disturbed.

Habitat: Deciduous forest

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    I love orange mushrooms! Posted 7 years ago
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      Christine Young
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      Me too, and these are so cool with their sticky, depressed caps and milky gills! Posted 7 years ago

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The Hygrophorus Milkcap

"Lactifluus hygrophoroides" is a member of the milk-cap genus "Lactifluus" in the order Russulales. It was first described scientifically by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis in 1859 as a species of "Lactarius", and was historically known by this name until the systematics of milk-cap species were recently revised.

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Similar species: Russulales
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Aug 10, 2018. Captured Aug 22, 2016 10:40 in 70 East St, Litchfield, CT 06759, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/4.0
  • 1/64s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.