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Weeping Milkcap - Lactifluus volemus Soft, dry, orange cap with a central depression. Attached, cream-colored gills that leaked white milk. The stipe was pale orange.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on the ground in a mixed forest, but in an area dominated by oak.<br /> <br /> *This mushroom is edible, but smells horrible.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/65869/weeping_milkcap_-_lactifluus_volemus.html" title="Weeping Milkcap - Lactifluus volemus"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/65869_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=%2BvFKGCPNF8d9Nk%2FXIHQXn73Gufc%3D" width="200" height="160" alt="Weeping Milkcap - Lactifluus volemus <br /> Soft, dry, orange cap with a central depression. Attached, cream-colored gills that leaked white milk. The stipe was pale orange.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on the ground in a mixed forest, but in an area dominated by oak.<br /> <br /> *This mushroom is edible, but smells horrible.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/65868/weeping_milkcap_-_lactifluus_volemus.html Geotagged,Lactifluus volemus,Summer,United States,Weeping Milkcap,fungus,lactarius,lactifluus,milkcap,mushroom" /></a></figure> Geotagged,Lactifluus volemus,Summer,United States,fungus,lactarius,lactifluus,milkcap,mushroom,weeping milkcap Click/tap to enlarge

Weeping Milkcap - Lactifluus volemus

Soft, dry, orange cap with a central depression. Attached, cream-colored gills that leaked white milk. The stipe was pale orange.

Habitat: Growing on the ground in a mixed forest, but in an area dominated by oak.

*This mushroom is edible, but smells horrible.

Weeping Milkcap - Lactifluus volemus <br /> Soft, dry, orange cap with a central depression. Attached, cream-colored gills that leaked white milk. The stipe was pale orange.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on the ground in a mixed forest, but in an area dominated by oak.<br /> <br /> *This mushroom is edible, but smells horrible.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/65868/weeping_milkcap_-_lactifluus_volemus.html Geotagged,Lactifluus volemus,Summer,United States,Weeping Milkcap,fungus,lactarius,lactifluus,milkcap,mushroom

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Do you know if the depression has a function? Posted 7 years ago
    1. View Christine Young's profile
      Christine Young
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      Good question...I’m not sure, but I would guess no. They do collect water though, and I have seen insects and amphibians in them. Posted 7 years ago
  3. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Named "fishy milk cap" in dutch, because of its odor :) Posted 7 years ago
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      Christine Young
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      Perfect! They really do smell like fish too! Posted 7 years ago

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The Weeping milk cap

"Lactifluus volemus", formerly known as "Lactarius volemus", is a species of fungus in the family Russulaceae. It is widely distributed in the northern hemisphere, in temperate regions of Europe, North America and Asia as well as some subtropical and tropical regions of Central America and Asia.

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Similar species: Russulales
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Sep 2, 2018. Captured Sep 1, 2018 09:59 in 80 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/5.0
  • 1/64s
  • ISO400
  • 33mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.