Russulaceae

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Fungi Basidiomycota Agaricomycetes Russulales Russulaceae
Lactarius chelidonium Peck

Lactarius chelidonium Peck

Lactarius chelidonium Peck

Lactarius chelidonium is a milk-cap mushroom species first described by C.H. Peck in 1870, placed in genus Lactarius, order Russulales.

Lactarius quieticolor Romagn.

Lactarius quieticolor Romagn.

Lactarius quieticolor Romagn.

Lactarius quieticolor is a milk-cap mushroom species first scientifically described in 1958 by French mycologist Henri Romagnesi.

Lactarius aurantiosordidus Nuytinck & S.L.Mill.

Lactarius aurantiosordidus Nuytinck & S.L.Mill.

Lactarius aurantiosordidus Nuytinck & S.L.Mill.

Lactarius aurantiosordidus, the sordid orange milk cap, is a North American coastal Lactarius species that associates with sitka spruce.

Lactarius porniniae Rolland

Lactarius porniniae Rolland

Lactarius porniniae Rolland

Lactarius porniniae is a milk-cap fungus that forms mycorrhiza with larch, found in Europe and East Asia.

Lactarius scrobiculatus (Scop.) Fr.

Lactarius scrobiculatus (Scop.) Fr.

Lactarius scrobiculatus (Scop.) Fr.

Lactarius scrobiculatus is a bitter-tasting milk-cap mushroom found in European and rare North American boreal forests.

Lactarius flexuosus Gray

Lactarius flexuosus Gray

Lactarius flexuosus Gray

Lactarius flexuosus is an edible Russulaceae fungus with a cap reaching up to 10 cm, edible when boiled and pickled.

Lactarius pyrogalus (Bull.) Fr.

Lactarius pyrogalus (Bull.) Fr.

Lactarius pyrogalus (Bull.) Fr.

Lactarius pyrogalus is a fairly common autumn mushroom that typically grows with hazel trees, distinguished by well-spaced yellow gills.

Lactarius uvidus (Fr.) Fr.

Lactarius uvidus (Fr.) Fr.

Lactarius uvidus (Fr.) Fr.

Lactarius uvidus is a mushroom with violet-staining milk found across North America, Europe, and North Africa in acidic woodlands, with uncertain edibility.

Lactarius zonarius (Bull.) Fr.

Lactarius zonarius (Bull.) Fr.

Lactarius zonarius (Bull.) Fr.

Lactarius zonarius (Bull.) Fr. is a mushroom with distinct physical traits including colored caps, white flesh, and white latex when cut.

Lactifluus vellereus (Fr.) Kuntze

Lactifluus vellereus (Fr.) Kuntze

Lactifluus vellereus (Fr.) Kuntze

Lactifluus vellereus is a crumbly-fleshed, milky-latex mushroom found in deciduous woods in Britain and Europe from late summer to early winter.

Lactarius hygrophoroides Berk. & M.A.Curtis

Lactarius hygrophoroides Berk. & M.A.Curtis

Lactarius hygrophoroides Berk. & M.A.Curtis

Lactarius hygrophoroides is a mushroom found under oaks in eastern North America that is potentially a choice edible.

Lactifluus clarkeae (Cleland) Verbeken

Lactifluus clarkeae (Cleland) Verbeken

Lactifluus clarkeae (Cleland) Verbeken

Lactifluus clarkeae is a mushroom-forming Russulaceae fungus found in Australia and New Zealand associated with mycorrhizal trees.

Lactifluus aurantioruber (McNabb) J.A.Cooper

Lactifluus aurantioruber (McNabb) J.A.Cooper

Lactifluus aurantioruber (McNabb) J.A.Cooper

Lactifluus aurantioruber is a Russulaceae mushroom species from New Zealand, elevated from variety to species in 2021.

Lactarius corrugis Peck

Lactarius corrugis Peck

Lactarius corrugis Peck

Lactarius corrugis Peck is a choice edible mushroom found under oaks in eastern North America from July to September.

Lactifluus volemus (Fr.) Kuntze

Lactifluus volemus (Fr.) Kuntze

Lactifluus volemus (Fr.) Kuntze

Lactifluus volemus is an edible ectomycorrhizal milk cap mushroom found across much of the Northern Hemisphere.

Lactifluus piperatus (L.) Roussel

Lactifluus piperatus (L.) Roussel

Lactifluus piperatus (L.) Roussel

Lactifluus piperatus is an agaric fungus native to the Northern Hemisphere, introduced to Australasia, with various historical and modern uses.

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