Lactarius hygrophoroides is an edible North American species of milk-cap mushroom in the order Russulales.

[1] The cap is initially convex with a depression; the margin lifts with age.

The caps are 3–8 centimetres (1+1⁄4–3+1⁄4 in) wide and pinkish-orange, frosted by a bloom that darkens when touched.

[2] The stem is 2–5 cm (3⁄4–2 in) long, 7–15 millimetres (1⁄4–5⁄8 in) wide, often tapered near the base, and colored like the cap or slightly lighter.

[2] The species can be found growing under oak trees in eastern North America from June to September.