cap is up to 15cm wide, convex shaped with an incurved margin, carrot-orange with greenish hues, sticky when wet.
flesh is faintly tinted orange, greenish stains appear with age.
gills are bright orange and descend on the stem, staining green.
cutting the gills releases a carrot-colored latex that stains green.
stem is light organge, staining green.
grows singly or scattered in areas with conifers.
appears in late sumer and fall.
mild to slightly scrid taste with an indistinct odor; cook before eating.
edible lookalike is Lactarius thyinos, which grows in northern cedar bogs and is similar in appearance but with a white stem, flesh that lacks green stains, and and an orange latex that stains red.