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Field Notes

Notes:

Spotted at Thorn Creek Nature Preserve, Park Forest, Illinois.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
CorduneanuVlad
This looks like a peppery milk-cap - Lactarius piperatus - but I can't really say. If you could break a piece of and check if there's a white milky sap coming out then this is it. You can also taste the mushroom but I would not recommend that, unless you're a fan of jalapeno peppers. I say this because in raw state, the mushroom is hot as hell, hotter than most of the chilly peppers.

Spotted for Missions

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Mushroom Mapping
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Fungus in America
Mission
ADF Naturalists Guild Challenge
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PublishedJune 26, 2012

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