Bleeding Milk Cap
Lactarius rubrilacteus · Family Russulaceae · Updated October 2026
263US records
11states
Novbusiest month
263 US records since 1960 (123 in the last 10 years)
Last seen Aug 22, 2026 (about 2 months ago) in Apache National Forest, AZ, photographed by an iNaturalist user, with the ID agreed on by other iNaturalist users (research grade). Most US records come from California, Washington and Oregon, and the busiest months are Nov, Oct and Dec. (Data as of October 26, 2026; records can lag by weeks.)
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When it's recorded
Records by month, all years. Busiest: Nov, Oct, Dec.
Where it's recorded
Top counties
- Mendocino County, CA (33) · latest Nov 11, 2025
- Santa Cruz County, CA (28) · latest Dec 11, 2025
- Marin County, CA (22) · latest Nov 28, 2025
- Clallam County, WA (16) · latest Oct 16, 2025
- Yuba County, CA (12) · latest Dec 11, 2021
- San Mateo County, CA (12) · latest Dec 2, 2025
- Humboldt County, CA (10) · latest Oct 21, 2025
- Lane County, OR (10) · latest Oct 31, 2021
- Sonoma County, CA (9) · latest Oct 26, 2023
- Coconino County, AZ (7) · latest Oct 26, 2025
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