cottony orange mushrooms

These are odd ones... wooly/cottony, yet slimy wet on top. Feathery decurrent gills and a stem that widens down. No noticeable odor.

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Christine Young

Lion

Latex? Posted 6 years ago
1. morpheme
  
  Lion
  
  not that I noticed, but I only touched an older one Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    Okay - just curious because I found some Lactarius torminosus in VT a few weeks ago and they had cottony caps. They were the first mushrooms I had seen with caps like that. But, their gills definitely leaked milk. Posted 6 years ago
  2. 1. morpheme
      
      Lion
      
      Ah- I don't think that one is exactly it, but you've put me on the right track! L. pubescens seems to better fit the bill, appearing in lawns, not very milky (and an old one probably not at all) azonate cap that can be slimy! The last thing to confirm is see if there's birch trees.. and Google has walked the path, lol, and 'street view' shows what I think are some gray birches. Posted 6 years ago
    2. 1. Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        Awesome! Posted 6 years ago

The Downy Milk Cap

''Lactarius pubescens'', commonly known as the downy milk cap, is a species of fungus in the Russulaceae family. It is a medium to large agaric with a creamy-buff, hairy cap, whitish gills and short stout stem. The fungus has a cosmopolitan distribution, and grows solitarily or in scattered groups on sandy soil under or near birch.

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Similar species: Russulales

Species identified by morpheme