| Lactarius subvernalis var. cokeri |
| This mushroom exhibits a dizzying degree of cap color and color pattern variation. Luckily, it has other telling features that help in identification. |
| The flesh of Lactarius subvernalis var. cokeri undergoes a color change when exposed to air; this specimen changed from white to pink in two minutes and from pink to reddish-pink in fifteen minutes. |
| When cut, Lactarius subvernalis var. cokeri will exude a white milky latex that does not change color, although the area cut will change to pinkish. |
| Another feature of this milk cap that can vary is gill attachment, sometimes appearing adnate and sometimes decurrent. |
| These microscopic cells (cheilocystidia) appear on the gill edges of Lactarius subvernalis var. cokeri. |
| See Lactarius subvernalis var. cokeri at MushroomExpert.Com |
