Could I have some help? I found a lot of these, often in groups of three to five in a pine forest. They were never more than about 4 in wide. Spore print is Yellowish brown (hard to tell from the picture, sorry) Below are a few species that I looked into:
Silver Blue Milky, Lactarius Pradoxus - All elements of the description in my guidebook (Audubon) point to this species, even the note that bruising turns green, could someone with some expertise confirm?
Blewit, Clitocybe Nuda - Was hoping it was this but I'm doubtful, the spore print doesn't match up, and I don't see anything about turning green on bruising.
Indigo Milky, Lactarius indigo - the gills on mine are not dark blue, they are more like the 'dark wine-brown' color given in the description of the pradoxus, so probably not this type.
What gives me hesitation about it being a Lactarius is that I don't see the latex, I'm new at this, do you always see the milky latex when handling a lactarius, or will they not show this if it has been somewhat dry for the past couple of days?