Lactarius substriatus — Pitted Milk-cap — Russulaceae

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Small to medium mushroom. Convex cap, incurved margin, becoming planar, sometimes shallowly depressed, viscid when moist, margin with translucent lines when moist, becoming somewhat striate, staining green where bruised. Exudes white latex, small amounts, color unchanging.  Gills close, attached, red to cream or tannish. Stalk equal, orange to red, paler than cap, smooth. Mycorrhizal.
 
Habitat: Gregarious, beneath conifers

Scent: Not distinctive

Spores: Cream

Season: Autumn

Depressed center, cap viscid when moist
Robin Hill Park

Gills close, attached
Robin Hill Park