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Peppery Milk-Cap - Lactifluus piperatus Dingy white cap, nearly flat, and with an inrolled margin. Whitish gills that forked and leaked copious, white latex. White, stubby stipe.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on the ground in a mixed forest (mostly oak and eastern hemlock).<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/70418/peppery_milk-cap_-_lactifluus_piperatus.html" title="Peppery Milk-Cap - Lactifluus piperatus"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/70418_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1547683210&Signature=puYS%2BmZ%2BIgC5NGGOJVs%2BUhe7JBY%3D" width="116" height="152" alt="Peppery Milk-Cap - Lactifluus piperatus Dingy white cap, nearly flat, and with an inrolled margin. Whitish gills that forked and leaked copious, white latex. White, stubby stipe.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on the ground in a mixed forest (mostly oak and eastern hemlock).<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/70416/peppery_milk-cap_-_lactifluus_piperatus.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/70417/peppery_milk-cap_-_lactifluus_piperatus.html Geotagged,Lactifluus piperatus,Peppery milk-cap,Summer,United States,mushroom" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/70417/peppery_milk-cap_-_lactifluus_piperatus.html" title="Peppery Milk-Cap - Lactifluus piperatus"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/70417_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1547683210&Signature=j8otLV39kuc6OUgYeRaxUkIoUXA%3D" width="200" height="162" alt="Peppery Milk-Cap - Lactifluus piperatus Dingy white cap, nearly flat, and with an inrolled margin. Whitish gills that forked and leaked copious, white latex. White, stubby stipe.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on the ground in a mixed forest (mostly oak and eastern hemlock).<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/70416/peppery_milk-cap_-_lactifluus_piperatus.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/70418/peppery_milk-cap_-_lactifluus_piperatus.html Geotagged,Lactifluus piperatus,Peppery milk-cap,Summer,United States,mushroom" /></a></figure> Geotagged,Lactifluus,Lactifluus piperatus,Peppery milk-cap,Summer,United States,mushroom Click/tap to enlarge

Peppery Milk-Cap - Lactifluus piperatus

Dingy white cap, nearly flat, and with an inrolled margin. Whitish gills that forked and leaked copious, white latex. White, stubby stipe.

Habitat: Growing on the ground in a mixed forest (mostly oak and eastern hemlock).

Peppery Milk-Cap - Lactifluus piperatus Dingy white cap, nearly flat, and with an inrolled margin. Whitish gills that forked and leaked copious, white latex. White, stubby stipe.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on the ground in a mixed forest (mostly oak and eastern hemlock).<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/70416/peppery_milk-cap_-_lactifluus_piperatus.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/70417/peppery_milk-cap_-_lactifluus_piperatus.html Geotagged,Lactifluus piperatus,Peppery milk-cap,Summer,United States,mushroom

Peppery Milk-Cap - Lactifluus piperatus Dingy white cap, nearly flat, and with an inrolled margin. Whitish gills that forked and leaked copious, white latex. White, stubby stipe.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on the ground in a mixed forest (mostly oak and eastern hemlock).<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/70416/peppery_milk-cap_-_lactifluus_piperatus.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/70418/peppery_milk-cap_-_lactifluus_piperatus.html Geotagged,Lactifluus piperatus,Peppery milk-cap,Summer,United States,mushroom

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The Peppery milk-cap

''Lactifluus piperatus'' , commonly known as the peppery milk-cap, is a semi-edible basidiomycete fungus of the genus ''Lactifluus''. Despite being edible, it is not recommended by some because of its poor taste, though can be used as seasoning when dried. The fruiting body is a creamy-white mushroom which is funnel-shaped when mature, with exceptionally crowded gills. It bleeds a whitish peppery-tasting milk when cut. Widely distributed across Europe and eastern North America, ''Lactifluus piperatus''.. more

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Uploaded Dec 6, 2018. Captured Aug 19, 2018 09:32 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/4.0
  • 1/64s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm
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