Lactarius hygrophoroides is an edible North American species of milk-cap mushroom in the order Russulales.
It was first described scientifically by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis in 1859.
The cap is initially convex with a depression; the margin lifts with age. The caps are wide and pinkish-orange, frosted by a bloom that darkens when touched. The gills are adnate, sometimes slightly decurrent, and pale. The stem is long, wide, often tapered near the base, and colored like the cap or slightly lighter. The spore print is white.
The species can be found growing under oak trees in eastern North America from June to September.
It may be a choice edible mushroom, although some report its taste to be mild.