Lactarius hygrophoroides is an edible North American species of milk-cap mushroom in the order Russulales.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | Russulaceae |
| Genus: | Lactarius |
| Species: | L. hygrophoroides
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| Lactarius hygrophoroides Berk. & M.A.Curtis 1859
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Taxonomy
editIt was first described scientifically by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis in 1859.[1]
Description
editThe cap is initially convex with a depression; the margin lifts with age. The caps are 3–8 centimetres (1+1⁄4–3+1⁄4 in) wide and pinkish-orange, frosted by a bloom that darkens when touched.[2] The gills are adnate, sometimes slightly decurrent, and pale.[2] The stem is 2–5 cm (3⁄4–2 in) long, 7–15 millimetres (1⁄4–5⁄8 in) wide, often tapered near the base, and colored like the cap or slightly lighter.[2] The spore print is white.[2]
Habitat and distribution
editThe species can be found growing under oak trees in eastern North America from June to September.[2]
Uses
editIt may be a choice edible mushroom,[3] although some report its taste to be mild.[4][2]
References
edit- ^ Berkeley MJ, Curtis MA (1859). "Centuries of North American fungi". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. III. 4 (22): 284–96. doi:10.1080/00222935908697127.
- ^ a b c d e f Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
- ^ Phillips, Roger (2010) [2005]. Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
- ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
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