Gold Drop Milk Cap (fruiting bodies) in Howard Co., Maryland (9/9/2009).

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Gold Drop Milk Cap (cap) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2014).

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Gold Drop Milk Cap (fruiting body) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2014).

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Gold Drop Milk Cap in Howard Co., Maryland (9/5/2020). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 315620 - Psn: 54)

Gold Drop Milk Cap in Howard Co., Maryland (9/5/2020). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Gold Drop Milk Cap in Howard Co., Maryland (9/5/2020). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Gold Drop Milk Cap in Howard Co., Maryland (9/5/2020). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Gold Drop Milk Cap in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2014). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 315617 - Psn: 64)

Gold Drop Milk Cap in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2014). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Gold Drop Milk Cap in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2014). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Gold Drop Milk Cap in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2014). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A Gold Drop Milk Cap in Worcester Co., Maryland (10/7/2014).

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Spores of Gold Drop Milk Cap in Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Cindi Fitzgerald, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1184806 - Psn: 105)

Spores of Gold Drop Milk Cap in Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Cindi Fitzgerald, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Spores collected from a Gold Drop Milk Cap specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (9/5/2020). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 315623 - Psn: 190)

Spores collected from a Gold Drop Milk Cap specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (9/5/2020). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Spores collected from a Gold Drop Milk Cap specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2014). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 315619 - Psn: 195)

Spores collected from a Gold Drop Milk Cap specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2014). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Spores collected from a Gold Drop Milk Cap specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2014).

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Spores collected from a Gold Drop Milk Cap specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (9/9/2009). Broadly ellipsoid; measured 6.3-7.3 X 5.6-6.3 microns.

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Status

Glabrous whitish pileus, sometimes darkening with a rosy color. Taste is acrid. White latex slowly turns yellow when exposed to the air. (L. Biechele, pers. comm.)

Relationships

Associated with oaks.

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Gold Drop Milk Cap (fruiting bodies) in Howard Co., Maryland (9/9/2009). View Record Details Media by Robert Solem.

Gold Drop Milk Cap (cap) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2014). View Record Details Media by Joanne Solem.

Gold Drop Milk Cap (fruiting body) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2014). View Record Details Media by Joanne Solem.

Gold Drop Milk Cap in Howard Co., Maryland (9/5/2020). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Joanne Solem.

Gold Drop Milk Cap in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2014). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Joanne Solem.

A Gold Drop Milk Cap in Worcester Co., Maryland (10/7/2014). View Record Details Media by Lance Biechele.

Spores of Gold Drop Milk Cap in Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Cindi Fitzgerald, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by cin579 via iNaturalist.

Spores collected from a Gold Drop Milk Cap specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (9/5/2020). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Joanne Solem.

Spores collected from a Gold Drop Milk Cap specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2014). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Joanne Solem.

Spores collected from a Gold Drop Milk Cap specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2014). View Record Details Media by Robert Solem.

Spores collected from a Gold Drop Milk Cap specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (9/9/2009). Broadly ellipsoid; measured 6.3-7.3 X 5.6-6.3 microns. View Record Details Media by Robert Solem.