Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Russulales: Russulaceae: Lactarius chelidonium Peck

Lactarius chelidonium – Celandine Lactarius

Synonyms: Lactarius chelidonioides, Lactifluus chelidonium.

Common name: Celandine Lactarius.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Lactarius chelidonium is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. It was first described by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck in 1870.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Undesrside of milkcap mushroom Lactarius chelidonium in area of floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 13, 2020
Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Greenish cap of milkcap mushroom Lactarius chelidonium on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 13, 2020
Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Orange gills of milkcap mushroom Lactarius chelidonium on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 13, 2020
Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

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