We found a big patch of these growing in gravel between a gravel road and a ditch today. They pass the "russula stem-test" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russulaceae#Distinctive_flesh_consistency ) My wife thinks they are a good match (appearance and smell) for a popular Russian eating mushroom whose name translates literally into "mushroom for eating raw" - though she says they are mostly eaten cooked! On Russian wikipedia that word redirects to the Russula page... The ones shown in this picture range in diameter from about 1 to 3 inches. Gonna try a spore print tonight - though perhaps these ones are too old for that?
Have you tasted it? Looks like a Lactarius piperatus, very hot peppery taste on the tounge. could be.
Guess im getting the hang of this. MycoRob put me ontothe sent of it. He said lactarius, and I had been looking into the specie of Milkcap. Then I surveyed my visual indexes and read; voila. Glad we/I could help make a possitive ID.
