Lactarius deliciosus — Delicious Milk-cap — Russulaceae

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Small to large mushroom. Broadly convex cap, inrolled margin when young, maturing to depressed center or funnel-shaped, viscid when wet, zoned, dull orange to bright or brownish, or green, fading with age. Exudes latex, sparse, bright orange to darker.  Gills attached to decurrent, orange to tones of yellowish or buff, close. Stalk equal, or tapering towards base, sometimes pitted, colored like cap to paler. Mycorrhizal.
 
Habitat: Scattered to gregarious or “troops”, beneath conifers.

Scent: Not distinctive

Spores: Yellowish-buff

Season: Autumn

Convex cap, inrolled margin
Lake Ozette Sand Point Trail, ONP

Close, yellowish-orange gills
Lake Ozette Sand Point Trail, ONP

Thick stalk, colored like cap
Lake Ozette Sand Point Trail, ONP