Maryland Biodiversity Project - Gold Drop Milk Cap (Lactarius chrysorrheus)

Gold Drop Milk Cap Lactarius chrysorrheus Fries

Kingdom Fungi > Phylum Basidiomycota > Class Agaricomycetes > Order Russulales > Family Russulaceae > Genus Lactarius Gold Drop Milk Cap - Lactarius chrysorrheus - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/15572

Status:

Glabrous whitish pileus, sometimes darkening with a rosy color. Taste is acrid. White latex slowly turns yellow when exposed to the air. (L. Biechele, pers. comm.)

Relationships:

Associated with oaks.

Records:

There are 38 records in the project database.

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Gold Drop Milk Cap (fruiting bodies) in Howard Co., Maryland (9/9/2009). (Photo ID: 20044 - Psn: 30)

Gold Drop Milk Cap (fruiting bodies) in Howard Co., Maryland (9/9/2009). Photo by Robert Solem. (MBP list)

Gold Drop Milk Cap (cap) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2014). (Photo ID: 20046 - Psn: 34)

Gold Drop Milk Cap (cap) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2014). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Gold Drop Milk Cap (fruiting body) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2014). (Photo ID: 20045 - Psn: 35)

Gold Drop Milk Cap (fruiting body) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2014). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Gold Drop Milk Cap in Howard Co., Maryland (9/5/2020). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 315620 - Psn: 54)

Gold Drop Milk Cap in Howard Co., Maryland (9/5/2020). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Gold Drop Milk Cap in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2014). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 315617 - Psn: 64)

Gold Drop Milk Cap in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2014). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

A Gold Drop Milk Cap in Worcester Co., Maryland (10/7/2014). (Photo ID: 18357 - Psn: 70)

A Gold Drop Milk Cap in Worcester Co., Maryland (10/7/2014). Photo by Lance Biechele. (MBP list)

Spores collected from a Gold Drop Milk Cap specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (9/5/2020). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 315623 - Psn: 190)

Spores collected from a Gold Drop Milk Cap specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (9/5/2020). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Spores collected from a Gold Drop Milk Cap specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2014). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 315619 - Psn: 195)

Spores collected from a Gold Drop Milk Cap specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2014). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Spores collected from a Gold Drop Milk Cap specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2014). (Photo ID: 20047 - Psn: 200)

Spores collected from a Gold Drop Milk Cap specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2014). Photo by Robert Solem. (MBP list)

Spores collected from a Gold Drop Milk Cap specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (9/9/2009). Broadly ellipsoid; measured 6.3-7.3 X 5.6-6.3 microns. (Photo ID: 20048 - Psn: 220)

Spores collected from a Gold Drop Milk Cap specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (9/9/2009). Broadly ellipsoid; measured 6.3-7.3 X 5.6-6.3 microns. Photo by Robert Solem. (MBP list)

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