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Pacific Northwest Fungi Forager
Mushroom hunting made easy
Lobster Mushroom
Hypomyces lactifluorum
Lobster mushrooms smell strongly of seafood and are the result of a parasitic mushroom attacking a Russula brevipes
Cap
bright red-orange, often cracked or wavy-edged, with a firm, textured surface
Gills
deformed and very shallow
Stem
bright red-orange, snaps like chalk when fresh
whiteÂ
Companions
Seasons
late Summer through Autumn
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