8.23.26 Volo Bog (lactarius psammicola & friends), Ingleside, IL

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Lactarius psammicola. In this post, I'll just call it the Sandy Milkcap. This is not an official term for this mushroom, despite its scientific name meaning "sand-dwelling [mushroom] pertaining to milk"

Rotten Sandy Milkcaps

A Sandy Milkcap that has fallen

Sandy Milkcaps are apparently very topheavy, at least according to this pic

Sandy Milkcaps sure love Volo Bog! Well, the Oak-hickory forest around it. Not the actual peatland

A very orange Sandy Milkcap

The Sandy Milkcap below and to the right looks a bit like an oyster mushroom

Sandly Milkcap with a very pointy oak leaf on it

A very large (possibly double) Sandy Milkcap, with an 8-inch hand for scale

A very funnel-shaped Sandy Milkcap

Sandy Milkcap-like mushroom with a nice blankie of mold

Unidentified mushrooms

Fallen mushroom of the same species as above

A mass fruiting of mushrooms of the same species

A very rotten Sandy Milkcap, plus some mold. Nice

Rotten mushroom

A mushroom that reminds me of a pancake

A mushroom that looks identical to the Tiger Sawgill, but has a bump in the middle

Mushroom

Lots mushrooms growing in a very pile-like cluster

Mushroom

Unidentified mushroom, possible Melanoleuca brevipes

A mushroom with a lot of holes


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