brendan Posted August 11, 2019 Report Share Posted August 11, 2019 My goal this summer is to add some milk caps to my diet, first gilled mushrooms other than oysters for me. Found in a mixed hardwood forest, mainly oak. I guess I would say it smelled fishy. Latex and flesh taste mild. Latex stained the gills brown very slowly, and the flesh turned brownish almost as soon as it was cut. Latex did not change color, though it did seem like after a few minutes, it separated a bit, into more clear fluid and more milky fluid, almost like melted butter with the little white milk fat bits. Might have been over analyzing though. Don't worry if my ID is faulty, not planning on eating these until I'm a bit more familiar. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby b Posted August 11, 2019 Report Share Posted August 11, 2019 L volemus looks like the correct ID but L corrugis is similar and could be a possibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendan Posted August 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2019 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svs Posted August 11, 2019 Report Share Posted August 11, 2019 My vote is for corrugis, volemus in my experience is similar but has lighter, yellowish color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendan Posted August 12, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2019 Interesting, I hadn’t realized corrugis also had the fishy odor, is there any surefire way to distinguish the two? I suppose they are both edible but I have a rule about being 100% positive with edibles haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 A tricky one! But, I'd also lean toward L. corrugis, based on the yellow-tinged gills. If you really want to be certain, then the spores should be measured. L. corrugis has significantly larger spores than volemus. The two species are very similar and have similar edible qualities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendan Posted August 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 Wow it's really down to spore size? Got it. Thanks so much everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 Usually --but not always-- L. corrugis has wrinkles on the cap, especially along the margin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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