Lactarius chelidonium
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Lactarius chelidonium is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius
Lactarius
Lactarius is a genus of mushroom-producing fungi. The genus, collectively known commonly as milk-caps, are characterized by the fact that they exude a milky fluid if cut or damaged...

in the order Russulales
Russulales
The Russulales are an order of the Agaricomycetes,...

. It was first described by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck
Charles Horton Peck
Charles Horton Peck, born March 30, 1833 in Sand Lake, New York, died 1917 in Albany, New York, was an American mycologist of the 19th and early 20th centuries...

in 1870.
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