Lactarius chelidonium
Lactarius chelidonium var. chelidonioides Hessler & Smith
It is mud-blue with a sticky orange-brown smooth faintly zoned cap with inrolled margin, convex becoming yellow-orange-brown to olivacious, flat to shallowly funnel-shaped with a somewhat depressed central disc. Gills are pale plue to pale cream-yellow becoming dull yellow-orange to greenish-blue and bruise or stain dark olive-green. Stem is paler concolorous with the cap and dry. Latex is sparse, bright yellow becoming yellow-brown and staining flesh greenish. Tissues also discolor greenish with handling. Spores are pale buff to yellow-orange. Found under conifers (pines) in late summer and autumn. Taste is mild to slightly peppery. Edible. This is in the Russulacae family of the Russulales order.
Lactarius chelidonium var. chelidonioides
Lactarius chelidonium var. chelidonioides
Lactarius chelidonium var. chelidonioides