Lactarius chelidonium Peck is a fungus in the Russulaceae family, order Russulales, kingdom Fungi. Not known to be toxic.

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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.

Family
Genus
Lactarius
Order
Russulales
Class
Agaricomycetes

About Lactarius chelidonium Peck

Lactarius chelidonium Peck is a species classified in the large milk-cap genus Lactarius, which belongs to the order Russulales. It was first formally described in 1870 by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck.

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Taxonomy

Fungi Basidiomycota Agaricomycetes Russulales Russulaceae Lactarius

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