Lactarius: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Russulales
- Family
- Russulaceae
- Genus
- Lactarius
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Lactarius
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Lactarius
Lactarius is a genus of mushroom-producing, ectomycorrhizal fungi, containing several edible species. The species of the genus, commonly known as milk-caps, are characterized by the milky fluid ("latex") they exude when cut or damaged. Like the closely related genus Russula, their flesh has a distinctive brittle consistency. It is a large genus with over 500 known species, mainly distributed in the Northern hemisphere. Recently, the genus Lactifluus has been separated from Lactarius based on molecular phylogenetic evidence.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Arcangeliella corkii
- Lactarius
- Lactarius abbotanus
- Lactarius acutus
- Lactarius adhaerens
- Lactarius affinis
- Lactarius areolatus
- Lactarius argillaceifolius
- Lactarius aspideoides
- Lactarius atrobadius
- Lactarius atroviolaceus
- Lactarius avellaneus
- Lactarius badiopallescens
- Lactarius blumii
- Lactarius brunneoviolaceus
- Lactarius calceolus
- Lactarius californiensis
- Lactarius carbonicola
- Lactarius cascadensis
- Lactarius cistophilus
- Lactarius colorascens
- Lactarius cordovaensis
- Lactarius costaricensis
- Lactarius cristulatus
- Lactarius croceus
- Lactarius denudatus
- Lactarius desjardinii
- Lactarius dispersus
- Lactarius duplicatus
- Lactarius eburneus
- Lactarius flavoaspideus
- Lactarius floridanus
- Lactarius formosus
- Lactarius fragilis
- Lactarius fraxineus
- Lactarius frustratus
- Lactarius fuliginellus
- Lactarius glutigriseus
- Lactarius griseus
- Lactarius haugiae
- Lactarius hibbardiae
- Lactarius hirtipes
- Lactarius hispidulus
- Lactarius indoevosmus
- Lactarius insulsus
- Lactarius isabellinus
- Lactarius kabansus
- Lactarius kanadii
- Lactarius lactarioides
- Lactarius lacteolutescens
- Lactarius lanceolatus
- Lactarius lapponicus
- Lactarius luculentus
- Lactarius mackinawensis
- Lactarius maculatipes
- Lactarius maculatus
- Lactarius maruiaensis
- Lactarius mediterraneensis
- Lactarius midlandensis
- Lactarius minusculus
- Lactarius mucidus
- Lactarius mutabilis
- Lactarius neotabidus
- Lactarius nitidus
- Lactarius occidentalis
- Lactarius oculatus
- Lactarius olivinus
- Lactarius pallescens
- Lactarius pallidiolivaceus
- Lactarius pallidomarginatus
- Lactarius panuoides
- Lactarius paulus
- Lactarius payettensis
- Lactarius pomiolens
- Lactarius proximellus
- Lactarius psammicola
- Lactarius pseudodeceptivus
- Lactarius pseudodelicatus
- Lactarius pseudoflexuosus
- Lactarius pseudogerardii
- Lactarius pseudomaculatus
- Lactarius pseudouvidus
- Lactarius purpureoechinatus
- Lactarius riparius
- Lactarius rufulus
- Lactarius sanmiguelensis
- Lactarius silviae
- Lactarius sordidus
- Lactarius southworthiae
- Lactarius stephensii
- Lactarius subcircellatus
- Lactarius sublacustris
- Lactarius subpalustris
- Lactarius subvernalis
- Lactarius subvillosus
- Lactarius tawai
- Lactarius tenellus
- Lactarius thiersii
- Lactarius torminosulus
- Lactarius tottoriensis
- Lactarius umbrinus
- Lactarius variegatus
- Lactarius villosus
- Lactarius westii
- Lactarius xanthydrorheus
- Lactarius zonarioides
- Lactarius zugazae
- Plinthogalus
- Russularia
- Zonarii
Child Taxa
- Deliciosi
- Lactarius acerrimus
- Lactarius aestivus
- Lactarius albocarneus
- Lactarius alnicola
- Lactarius aspideus
- Lactarius atroviridis
- Lactarius blennius
- Lactarius caespitosus
- Lactarius cinereus
- Lactarius circellatus
- Lactarius controversus
- Lactarius crassus
- Lactarius dryadophilus
- Lactarius evosmus
- Lactarius flavidus
- Lactarius flavopalustris
- Lactarius fluens
- Lactarius glyciosmus
- Lactarius hysginoides
- Lactarius hysginus
- Lactarius ilicis
- Lactarius illyricus
- Lactarius kauffmanii
- Lactarius lepidotus
- Lactarius lilacinus
- Lactarius liyuanus
- Lactarius mairei
- Lactarius mammosus
- Lactarius mexicanus
- Lactarius montanus
- Lactarius musteus
- Lactarius olivaceoumbrinus
- Lactarius olympianus
- Lactarius pallidus
- Lactarius peckii
- Lactarius pilatii
- Lactarius pseudomucidus
- Lactarius pubescens
- Lactarius repraesentaneus
- Lactarius resimus
- Lactarius rubriviridis
- Lactarius salicis-reticulatae
- Lactarius scoticus
- Lactarius spinosulus
- Lactarius splendens
- Lactarius tesquorum
- Lactarius torminosus
- Lactarius trivialis
- Lactarius tuomikoskii
- Lactarius turpis
- Lactarius umerensis
- Lactarius utilis
- Lactarius vietus
- Lactarius yazooensis
- Lactarius zonarius
- Pyrogalini
- Scrobiculati
- Uvidi




























































































































































