List of Lactarius species
The genus Lactarius has about 583 members worldwide.[1] The type species is Lactarius torminosus. Probably the best known and most widely eaten is Lactarius deliciosus. A large number of species were split into the Lactifluus genus based on molecular phylogenetic evidence.
Key[]
Name | The binomial name of the Lactarius species. "#" indicates a species with a suggested English common name, listed further below. |
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Author | The author citation—the person who first described the species using an available scientific name, eventually combined with the one who placed it in Lactarius, and using standardized abbreviations. |
Year | The year in which the species was named, or transferred to the genus Lactarius. |
Classification | First is always the subgenus, then section, then (if the section is further subdivided), the subsection. |
Distribution | The distribution of the species. |
Species[]
Species name | Author | Year | Classification | Distribution | Image |
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Lactarius abbotanus | K.Das & J.R.Sharma | 2003 |
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India | |
Lactarius acerrimus | Britzelm. | 1893 |
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Europe | |
Lactarius acicularis | Van de Putte & Verbeken | 2010 |
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Thailand | |
Lactarius acris | (Bolton) Gray | 1821 |
|
Europe | |
Lactarius acrissimus | Verbeken & Van Rooij | 2003 | Benin | ||
Lactarius acutus | R.Heim | 1955 | Guinea, French Guinea | ||
Lactarius adhaerens | R.Heim | 1938 | Madagascar | ||
Lactarius adscitus | Britzelm. | 1885 | |||
Lactarius adustus | Rick | 1938 | Brazil | ||
Lactarius affinis# | Peck | 1873 |
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North America | |
Lactarius agglutinatus | Burl. | 1908 | North America | ||
Lactarius alachuanus | Murrill | 1938 | North America | ||
Lactarius albocarneus | Britzelm. | 1895 |
|
Europe | |
Lactarius albolutescens | Thiers | 1957 | North America | ||
Singer | 1948 | North America | |||
Lactarius alnicola# | A.H.Sm. | 1960 |
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North America | |
Peck | 1875 | North America | |||
Verbeken & U.Eberhardt[2] | 2004 |
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Zambia | ||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
(Beeli) Buyck | 1989 | Africa | |||
Kytöv. | 1984 |
|
Europe | ||
Murrill | 1941 | North America | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Lactarius argillaceifolius# | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 |
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Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Lactarius aspideoides# | Kühner | 1975 |
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(Fr.) Fr. | 1838 |
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Europe | ||
Bon | 1975 | Europe | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
J.Z.Ying | 1991 | Gerardii | China, Malaysia | ||
Peck | 1889 | North America | |||
# | (Pers.) Gray | 1821 |
|
Europe | |
Verbeken | 1996 | Africa | |||
Kytöv. | 1984 |
|
Europe | ||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Lactarius austrovolemus | Hongo | 1973 | New Guinea | ||
Lactarius azonites | (Bull.) Fr. | 1838 |
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Europe | |
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Kühner & Romagn. | 1954 | Europe, North America | |||
Lactarius baliophaeus | Pegler | 1969 | Nigrescentes | Africa | |
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 |
|
North America | ||
Massee | 1914 | Gerardii | Asia, North America | ||
Lactarius blennius# | (Fr.) Fr. | 1838 |
|
Europe | |
1941 |
|
Europe | |||
Peck | 1910 | North America | |||
Murrill | 1939 | North America | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Lactarius camphoratus# | (Bull.) Fr. | 1838 |
|
Europe | |
A.H.Sm. | 1960 | North America | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Hesler | 1960 | North America | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Lactarius chelidonium | Peck | 1872 |
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North America | |
Lactarius chromospermus | Pegler | 1982 | Africa | ||
Lactarius chrysorrheus# | Fr. | 1838 |
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Europe, North America | |
Lactarius cilicioides | (Fr.) Fr. | 1838 | Europe | ||
Stubbe & Verbeken | 2008 | Plinthogali | Malaysia | ||
Peck | 1872 | North America | |||
Fr. | 1838 |
|
Europe | ||
Lactarius cistophilus | Bon & Trimbach | 1978 | Europe | ||
Pouzar | 1968 |
|
Europe | ||
Grgur. | 1997 | Australia | |||
Methven | 1985 | North America | |||
Beardslee & Burl. | 1940 | North America | |||
Coker | 1918 | North America | |||
Peck | 1905 | North America | |||
Lactarius controversus | Pers. | 1800 |
|
Europe | |
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Stubbe & Verbeken | 2008 | Plinthogali | Malaysia | ||
Burl. | 1908 | North America | |||
Bon | 1978 |
|
Europe | ||
Quél. | 1886 |
|
Europe | ||
Burl. | 1908 |
|
North America | ||
Lactarius deliciosus# | (L.) Gray | 1821 |
|
Northern hemisphere, Australia | |
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Verbeken & Stubbe | 2008 | Cameroon | |||
Lactarius deterrimus# | Gröger | 1968 |
|
Europe | |
Douanla-Meli | 2009 | Cameroon | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
(Pegler) Verbeken & U.Eberhardt[2] | 2004 |
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Zambia | ||
Kühner | 1975 |
|
Europe | ||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
A.H.Sm. | 1960 |
|
Europe, North America | ||
Thiers | 1957 | North America | |||
Thiers | 1957 | North America | |||
Verbeken & Stubbe | 2014 | Sri Lanka | |||
Verbeken & Stubbe | 2014 | Sri Lanka | |||
Lactarius eucalypti | O.K.Mill. & R.N. Hilton | 1987 | Australia | ||
Kühner & Romagn. | 1954 |
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Europe | ||
Verbeken&VandePutte | 2014 | Sri Lanka | |||
Lactarius fallax# | A.H.Sm. & Hesler | 1962 |
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Lactarius fennoscandicus | Verbeken & Vesterh. | 1998 |
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Europe | |
Stubbe & Verbeken | 2008 | Plinthogali | Malaysia | ||
Boud. | 1887 |
|
Europe | ||
Kytöv. | 2009 | Finland | |||
Kytöv. | 2009 | Finland | |||
Stubbe & Verbeken | 2008 | Plinthogali | Borneo, Malaysia | ||
Lactarius flexuosus | (Pers.) Gray | 1821 |
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Europe | |
Beardslee & Burl. | 1940 | North America | |||
Boud. | 1899 |
|
Europe | ||
Lactarius fragilis | (Burl.) Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 |
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Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Lactarius fuliginellus | A.H.Sm. & Hesler | 1962 | North America | ||
Lactarius fuliginosus# | (Krapf) Fr. | 1838 |
|
Europe | |
Lactarius fulvissimus# | Romagn. | 1954 |
|
Europe | |
Stubbe & Verbeken | 2008 | Plinthogali | Malaysia | ||
Burl. | 1945 | North America | |||
Lactarius fumosus# | Peck | 1872 |
|
North America | |
Montoya, Bandala & Haug | 2011 | Gerardii | Mexico | ||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
V.L. Wells & Kempton | 1974 | North America | |||
Sumst. | 1941 | North America | |||
Lactarius glyciosmus# | (Fr.) Fr. | 1838 |
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Europe, North America | |
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Peck | 1873 | North America | |||
Nobuj. Tanaka | 1890 | Asia | |||
Lactarius helvus# | (Fr.) Fr. | 1838 |
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Europe, North America | |
# | Plowr. | 1905 |
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Europe, North America | |
Peck | 1908 | North America | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Nuytinck & Verbeken | 2006 | Gerardii | Indonesia | ||
Korhonen & T. Ulvinen | 1985 |
|
Europe | ||
(Fr.) Fr. | 1838 |
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Europe, North America | ||
Piltaver | 1992 | Slovenia | |||
M.X.Zhou & H.A.Wen | 2008 | Tibet | |||
Beardslee & Burl. | 1940 | North America | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Lactarius indigo# | (Schwein.) Fr. | 1838 |
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North America, Asia, Central America | |
Lactarius kabansus | Pegler & Piearce | 1980 | Zambia | ||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
(Romagn.) ex | 1960 |
|
Europe | ||
O.K.Mill. & Laursen | 1973 |
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Europe, North America | ||
Burl. | 1908 | North America | |||
Coker | 1918 | North America | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | Europe, North America | |||
Kytöv. | 1984 |
|
Europe | ||
A.H.Sm. & Hesler | 1962 | North America | |||
Lactarius lignyotus | Fr. | 1855 |
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Europe, North America | |
Lactarius lilacinus | (Lasch) Fr. | 1838 |
|
Europe | |
Beardslee & Burl. | 1940 | North America | |||
Lactarius longipilus | Van de Putte, Le & Verbeken | 2010 |
|
Thailand | |
Homola | 1976 | North America | |||
Burl. | 1936 | North America | |||
(Pers.) Gray | 1821 |
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Europe | ||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
[a] | Peck | 1896 | North America | ||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Lactarius maculatipes | Burl. | 1942 | North America | ||
Peck | 1888 | North America | |||
Murrill | 1916 | North America | |||
Lactarius mammosus | Fr. | 1838 |
|
Europe | |
Lactarius mairei | Malençon | 1939 |
|
Europe | |
Methven | 1985 | North America | |||
Grgur. | 1997 | Australia | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Burl. | 1907 | North America | |||
(Fr.) Fr. | 1838 | Europe, North America | |||
(Hesler & A.H.Sm.) Montoya & Bandala | 2003 | ||||
Thiers | 1957 | North America | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Burl. | 1908 | North America | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
# | Fr. | 1838 |
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Europe | |
Peck | 1890 | North America | |||
J.Favre | 1955 |
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Europe | ||
A.H.Sm. | 1983 | North America | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
# | Romagn. | 1974 |
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Europe, North America | |
A.H.Sm. | 1960 | North America | |||
Hayisha | 2006 | Gerardii | China, Japan, Borneo | ||
(Peck) Burl. | 1907 | North America | |||
Hesler | 1979 | North America | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Kytöv. | 1984 |
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Europe | ||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Romagn. | 1974 |
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Europe, South America | ||
Lactarius pallescens | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 |
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North America | |
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Stubbe & Verbeken | 2008 | Plinthogali | Malaysia | ||
Barge & C.L.Cripps | 2016 | North America | |||
Lactarius pallidus# | Pers. | 1797 |
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Europe | |
Peck | 1885 | North America | |||
Stubbe & Verbeken | 2008 | Plinthogali | Malaysia | ||
Lactarius paradoxus | Beardslee & Burl. | 1940 |
|
North America | |
Malençon ex Basso | 2009 | Morocco | |||
Murrill | 1940 | North America | |||
A.H.Sm. | 1960 | North America | |||
Burl. | 1908 | North America | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Fr. | 1838 |
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Europe | ||
1968 |
|
Europe | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Verbeken & Stubbe | 2014 | Sri Lanka | |||
Lactarius porninsis | Rolland | 1889 |
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Europe | |
Murrill | 1943 | North America | |||
Beardslee & Burl. | 1940 | North America | |||
Lactarius psammicola | A.H.Sm. | 1941 | North America | ||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
A.H.Sm. | 1960 | North America | |||
Beardslee & Burl. | 1940 | North America | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Lactarius pseudomucidus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
Kühner | 1975 |
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Europe | ||
Romagn. | 1949 |
|
Europe | ||
Lactarius pubescens | (Gillet) & Kuntze | 1949 | Europe, America | ||
Lactarius pyrogalus# | (Bull.) Fr. | 1838 |
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Europe, North America | |
Lactarius pubescens# | Fr. | 1838 |
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Europe, North America | |
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Lactarius quercuum | Singer | 1963 | Bolivia | ||
Lactarius quieticolor | Romagn. | 1958 |
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Europe | |
Lactarius quietus# | (Fr.) Fr. | 1838 |
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Europe, North America | |
Lactarius repraesentaneus# | Britzelm. | 1885 |
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Europe, North America | |
Lactarius resimus | (Fr.) Fr. | 1838 |
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Europe, North America | |
Peck | 1906 | North America | |||
Methven | 1985 | North America | |||
Bon | 1979 |
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Europe | ||
() Britzelm. | 1885 |
|
Europe | ||
Heilm.-Claus. | 1998 |
|
Europe | ||
Lactarius rubidus# | (Hesler & A.H.Sm.) Methven | 1997 | North America | ||
Lactarius rubrilacteus# | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 |
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North America | |
, Saylor & Thiers[4] | 2003 |
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USA | ||
Fr. | 1863 |
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Europe | ||
R.Heim | 1938 | Madagascar | |||
Lactarius rufulus# | Peck | 1907 |
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North America | |
Lactarius rufus# | (Scop.) Fr. | 1838 |
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Europe, North America | |
Romagn. | 1957 |
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Europe, North America | ||
Lactarius rupestris | Wartchow | 2010 | Brazil | ||
Kühner | 1975 |
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Europe | ||
Kühner | 1975 |
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Europe, America | ||
Lactarius salmoneus | Peck | 1898 |
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North America | |
Lactarius salmonicolor | R.Heim & Leclair | 1953 |
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Europe, North America | |
Lactarius sanguifluus | () Fr. | 1838 |
|
Europe | |
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Verbeken & Stubbe | 2014 | Sri Lanka | |||
Lactarius scoticus | Berk. & Broome | 1879 |
|
Europe | |
Lactarius scrobiculatus | (Scop.) Fr. | 1838 |
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Europe, North America | |
Lactarius semisanguifluus | R.Heim & Leclair | 1950 |
|
Europe | |
# | (DC.) Fr. | 1838 |
|
Europe | |
Stubbe & Verbeken | 2014 | Sri Lanka | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
(J.E.Lange) Romagn. | 1957 | North America | |||
(Fr.) Neuhoff | 1956 |
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Europe | ||
# | Quél. | 1880 |
|
Europe | |
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Lactarius subbaliophaeus | Maba & Yorou | 2014 | Nigrescentes | Togo, Africa | |
Kühner | 1975 |
|
Europe | ||
Grgur. | 1997 | Australia | |||
Lactarius subdulcis# | (Pers.) Gray | 1821 |
|
Europe | |
Lactarius subflammeus# | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 |
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North America | |
& E. Horak | 2000 | India, China, Papua New Guinea, Japan? | |||
Murrill | 1948 | North America | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Lactarius subumbonatus | 1845 |
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Europe | ||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Coker | 1918 | North America | |||
Peck | 1878 |
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North America | ||
Lactarius subserifluus | Longyear | 1902 | North America | ||
A.H.Sm. | 1960 | North America | |||
Muriill | 1939 | North America | |||
1960 | North America | ||||
Lactarius subtorminosus | Coker | 1918 | North America | ||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Lactarius subvelutinus | Peck | 1904 | North America | ||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1960 | North America | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Peck | 1905 | North America | |||
1956 |
|
Europe | |||
Lactarius tabidus# | Fr. | 1838 |
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Europe | |
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Lactarius tesquorum | Malençon | 1979 | Morocco, Mediterranean Europe | ||
(A.H.Sm. & Hesler) Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Lactarius theiogalus | (Bull.) | 1821 | North America | ||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Lactarius thyinos | A.H.Sm. | 1960 | North America | ||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Lactarius torminosulus | Knudsen & T.Borgen | 1996 |
|
Europe | |
Lactarius torminosus# | (Schaeff.) Pers. | 1797 |
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Europe, North America | |
Lactarius trivialis | (Fr.) Fr. | 1838 |
|
Europe, North America | |
Kytöv. | 1984 |
|
Europe | ||
Lactarius turpis# | (Weinm.) Fr. | 1838 |
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Europe, North America | |
Verbeken & Stubbe | 2008 | Cameroon | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
(Weinm.) Fr. | 1838 |
|
Europe | ||
Lactarius uvidus | (Weinm.) Fr. | 1838 |
|
Europe, North Africa, North America | |
Stubbe & Verbeken | 2008 | Plinthogali | Malaysia | ||
Lactarius vietus# | (Fr.) Fr. | 1838 |
|
Europe, North America | |
Lactarius villosus | Clem. | 1896 | North America | ||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Lactarius vinaceorufescens | A.H.Sm. | 1960 | North America | ||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
[5] | Europe | ||||
() Fr. | 1839 |
|
Europe | ||
Lactarius vitellinus | Van de Putte & Verbeken | 2010 |
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Thailand | |
Murrill | 1940 | North America | |||
Lactarius xanthogalactus# | Peck | 1907 | North America | ||
Singer | 1945 | North America | |||
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | |||
Kühner & Romagn. | 1954 |
|
Europe | ||
Lactarius zonarius | (Bull.) Fr. | 1838 |
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Europe, North America |
English names[]
- L. affinis: Kindred milkcap
- L. alnicola: Golden milkcap
- L. argillaceifolius: Vulgar milkcap
- L. aspideoides: Bright yellow milkcap
- : Orange milkcap
- L. blennius: Beech milkcap
- L. camphoratus: Curry milkcap
- L. chrysorrheus: Yellowdrop milkcap
- L. corrugis: Corrugated-cap milky
- L. deceptivus: Deceiving milkcap
- L. deliciosus: Saffron milkcap
- L. deterrimus: False saffron milkcap
- L. fallax: Velvety milk cap
- L. fragilis: Candy milkcap
- L. fuliginosus: Sooty milkcap
- L. fulvissimus: Tawny milkcap
- L. fumosus: Smoky milkcap
- L. glyciosmus: Coconut milkcap
- L. helvus: Fenugreek milkcap
- : Liver milkcap
- L. indigo: Indigo milkcap
- : Pine milkcap
- : Alder milkcap
- L. pallidus: Pale milkcap
- L. piperatus: Peppery milkcap
- L. pyrogalus: Fiery milkcap
- : Bearded milkcap
- L. quietus: Oakbug milkcap
- L. representaneus: Northern bearded milkcap, northern milkcap, purple-staining milkcap, yellow-bearded milkcap
- L. rubidus: Candy milkcap
- L. rubrilacteus: Bleeding milkcap
- L. rufulus: Rufus (rufous) Candy milkcap
- L. rufus: Rufous milkcap
- : Watery milkcap
- : Lilacscale milkcap
- L. subdulcis: Mild milkcap
- L. subflammeus: Orange milkcap
- L. tabidus: Birch milkcap
- L. torminosus: Woolly milkcap
- L. turpis: Ugly milkcap
- L. vellereus: Fleecy milkcap
- L. vietus: Grey milkcap
- L. volemus: Weeping milk cap, voluminous-latex milky
- L. xanthogalactus: Pepper milkcap
References[]
Footnotes
Citations
- ^ Lee, Hyun; Wissitrassameewong, Komsit; Smythe, Jim; Myung Soo, Park; Verbeken, Annemieke; Eimes, John; Lim, Young Woon (2019-05-10). "Taxonomic revision of the genus Lactarius (Russulales, Basidiomycota) in Korea". Fungal Diversity. 95: 275–335. doi:10.1007/s13225-019-00425-6. S2CID 149443885. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
To date, 583 Lactarius species have been recorded globally
- ^ a b Eberhardt U, Verbeken A (2004). "Sequestrate Lactarius species from tropical Africa: L. angiocarpus sp. nov. and L. dolichocaulis comb. nov". Mycological Research. 108 (9): 1042–52. doi:10.1017/s0953756204000784. PMID 15506016.
- ^ Phillips 2010, p. 106.
- ^ Desjardin DE. (2003). "A unique ballistosporic hypogeous sequestrate Lactarius from California". Mycologia. 95 (1): 148–55. doi:10.2307/3761974. JSTOR 3761974. PMID 21156601.
- ^ Nuytinck J, Verbeken A (2003). "Lactarius sanguifluus versus Lactarius vinosus: molecular and morphological analyses". Mycological Progress. 2 (3): 227–34. doi:10.1007/s11557-006-0060-5. S2CID 19535296.
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