INDIANA MUSHROOMS
| Milk Cap Mushrooms, Lactarius/Lactifluus |
| Lactarius mushrooms exude a milky latex when broken, sometimes the latex changes color when exposed to air. Flesh is very brittle, often staining. Taste mild to very acrid (peppery). Spore prints range from white, buff to yellow. Found growing from the ground in woods, summer and fall. Always note trees near collections as Lactarius mushrooms form symbiotic (mycorrhizal) relationships with trees. |
| DNA work: "Below is a list of what the milk caps of Indiana currently look like with over 350 specimens collected. Around 70 species that exist in the state that we have documentation for. The soil sampling we have conducted only brings in an additional 6-12 species (lacking vouchered specimens) with high confidence. I would suspect ~100 species as the total biodiversity at the end of the day. It would be good to focus on any specimens with a fishy smell, peppery taste, blue color, or those found under pines this year. Species Name - Number of Collections Lactarius argillaceifolius 6 Lactarius atroviridis 2 Lactarius chelidonium 5 Lactarius chelidonium var. chelidonioides 1 Lactarius cinereus 5 Lactarius fumosus 6 Lactarius imperceptus 8 Lactarius mutabilis 20 Lactarius psammicola 16 Lactarius quietus var. incanus 14 Lactarius subplinthogalus 2 Lactarius subserifluus 17 Lactarius subvernalis var. cokeri 13 Lactarius sumstinei 1 Lactarius vinaceorufescens 1 Lactarius volemus var. flavus 2 Lactarius yazooensis 15 Lactarius "camphoratus-IN01" 10 Lactarius "camphoratus-IN02" 3 Lactarius "camphoratus-IN03" 1 Lactarius "chrysorrheus-IN01" 1 Lactarius "chrysorrheus-IN02" 1 Lactarius "fumosus-IN02" 2 Lactarius "indigo-IN01" 2 Lactarius "indigo-IN02" 2 Lactarius "psammicola-IN02" 8 Lactarius "sp-IN01" 9 Lactarius "sp-IN03" 4 Lactarius "sp-IN04" 7 Lactarius "sp-IN05" 12 Lactarius "sp-IN06" 1 Lactarius "sp-IN07" 1 Lactarius "sp-IN08" 2 Lactarius "sp-IN09" 1 Lactarius "sp-IN10" 1 Lactarius "sp-IN11" 5 Lactarius "sp-IN12" 1 Lactarius "sp-IN13" 1 Lactarius "sp-IN14" 2 Lactarius "sp-IN15" 1 Lactarius "sp-IN16" 16 Lactarius "sp-IN17" 1 Lactarius "sp-IN18" 1 Lactarius "sp-IN19" 1 Lactarius "sp-IN20" 1 Lactarius "subplinthogalus-IN01" 9 Lactifluus "corrugis-IN01" 4 Lactifluus "corrugis-IN02" 1 Lactifluus "gerardii-IN01" 6 Lactifluus "glaucescens-IN01" 10 Lactifluus "glaucescens-IN02" 5 Lactifluus "glaucescens-IN03" 1 Lactifluus "glaucescens-IN05" 2 Lactifluus "glaucescens-IN06" 3 Lactifluus "hygrophoroides-IN02" 2 Lactifluus "luteolus-IN01" 5 Lactifluus "piperatus-IN01" 2 Lactifluus "piperatus-IN02" 3 Lactifluus "piperatus-IN03" 1 Lactifluus "piperatus-IN04" 3 Lactifluus "subvellereus-IN01" 3 Lactifluus "subvellereus-IN02" 3 Lactifluus "subvellereus-IN03" 1 Lactifluus "subvellereus-IN04" 1 Lactifluus "volemus-IN01" 3 Lactifluus "volemus-IN02" 1 Lactifluus "volemus-IN04" 1 Lactifluus "volemus-IN05" 1 Lactifluus griseus 1" Steve Russell, Purdue. February 2020; from "Lactarius, Lactifluus, Russula, Multifurca & genera within Russulaceae" Facebook group. |