List of Lactarius species
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The genus Lactarius
has about 450 members worldwide. Probably the best known and most widely eaten is Lactarius deliciosus
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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...
has about 450 members worldwide. Probably the best known and most widely eaten is Lactarius deliciosus
Lactarius deliciosus
Lactarius deliciosus, commonly known as the Saffron milk cap, Red pine mushroom, is one of the best known members of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales...
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Key
| Name | The binomial name of the Lactarius species. "#" indicates a species with a suggested English common name Common name A common name of a taxon or organism is a name in general use within a community; it is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism... , listed further below. |
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| Author | The author citation Author citation (botany) In botanical nomenclature, author citation refers to citing the person who validly published a botanical name, i.e. who first published the name while fulfilling the formal requirements as specified by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature... —the person who first described Species description A species description or type description is a formal description of a newly discovered species, usually in the form of a scientific paper. Its purpose is to give a clear description of a new species of organism and explain how it differs from species which have been described previously, or are... 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 Subgenus In biology, a subgenus is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.In zoology, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between the generic name and the specific epithet: e.g. the Tiger Cowry of the Indo-Pacific, Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, which... , 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 | India | ||
| Lactarius acerrimus | Britzelm. | 1893 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius acicularis Lactarius acicularis Lactarius acicularis is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. Described as new to science in 2010, the species is found in Chiang Mai Province of northern Thailand, where it grows in rainforests that are dominated by Castanopsis armata, Dipterocarpus sp. and... |
Van de Putte & Verbeken | 2010 | Thailand | ||
| Lactarius acris | (Bolton James Bolton James Bolton was an English naturalist, botanist, mycologist, and illustrator.-Background:James Bolton was born near Warley in the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1735, the son of William Bolton, a weaver. James initially followed in his father's trade, but later became a self-taught art teacher and... ) Gray Samuel Frederick Gray Samuel Frederick Gray was a British botanist, mycologist, and pharmacologist. He was the father of the zoologists John Edward Gray and George Robert Gray.-Background:... |
1821 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius acrissimus | Verbeken & Van Rooij | 2003 | Benin Benin Benin , officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. Its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin is where a majority of the population is located... |
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| Lactarius acutus | R.Heim | 1955 | Guinea, French Guinea | ||
| Lactarius adhaerens | R.Heim | 1938 | |||
| Lactarius adscitus | Britzelmayr | 1885 | |||
| Lactarius adustus | Rick | 1938 | Brazil | ||
| Lactarius affinis Lactarius affinis Lactarius affinis, commonly known as the kindred milk cap, is a species of fungus in the Russulaceae family. It is found northeastern North America, where it fruits in the summer and fall, and is common in the Great Lakes region. Its fruit bodies have medium to large, slimy dull yellow or brownish... # |
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... |
1873 | North America | ||
| Lactarius agglutinatus | Burl. | 1908 | North America | ||
| Lactarius alachuanus | Murrill | 1938 | North America | ||
| Lactarius albocarneus | Britzelm. | 1895 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius albolutescens | Thiers Harry D. Thiers Harry Delbert Thiers, born January 22, 1919 in Fort McKavett, Texas, died August 8, 2000 in Ohio, was an American mycologist who studied and named a great many fungi of native to North America, particularly California. Thiers taught mycology at San Francisco State University for many years, and a... |
1957 | North America | ||
| Lactarius allardii | Coker William Chambers Coker William Chambers Coker was an American botanist-Biography:He was born at Hartsville, South Carolina on October 24, 1872. He graduated from South Carolina College in 1894 and took postgraduate courses at Johns Hopkins University and in Germany... |
1918 | North America | ||
| Lactarius allochrous | Singer Rolf Singer Rolf Singer was a German-born mycologist and one of the most important taxonomists of gilled mushrooms in the 20th century.... |
1948 | North America | ||
| Lactarius alnicola Lactarius alnicola Lactarius alnicola, commonly known as the golden milkcap, is a species of fungus in the Russulaceae family. The fruit bodies produced by the fungus are characterized by a sticky, vanilla-colored cap up to wide with a mixture of yellow tones arranged in faint concentric bands. The stem is up to ... # |
A.H.Sm. | 1960 | North America | ||
| Lactarius alpinus | 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... |
1875 | North America | ||
| Lactarius angiocarpus | Verbeken & U.Eberhardt | 2004 | Zambia | ||
| Lactarius angustifolius | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius annulatoangustifolius | (Beeli) Buyck | 1989 | Africa | ||
| Lactarius aquizonatus | Kytöv. | 1984 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius arcuatus | Murrill | 1941 | North America | ||
| Lactarius areolatus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius argillaceifolius Lactarius argillaceifolius Lactarius argillaceifolius is a species of fungus in the Russulaceae family. The mushrooms produced by the fungus have convex to flattened drab lilac-colored caps that are up to wide. The cream-colored gills are closely spaced together and extend slightly down the length of the stem, which is up... # |
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | |||
| Lactarius aroostookensis | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius aspideoides Lactarius aspideoides Lactarius aspideoides, commonly known as the bright yellow milkcap, is a species of fungus in the Russulaceae family. Distinctive characteristics of the fruit body include the sticky, pale yellow cap, and the abundant latex that stains the mushroom tissue lilac... # |
Kühner | 1975 | |||
| Lactarius aspideus | (Fr.) Fr. | 1838 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius atrobadius | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius atroolivaceus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius atrovelutinus | J.Z.Ying | 1991 | Gerardii | China, Malaysia | |
| Lactarius atroviridis | 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... |
1889 | North America | ||
| Lactarius aurantiacus# | (Pers.) Gray Samuel Frederick Gray Samuel Frederick Gray was a British botanist, mycologist, and pharmacologist. He was the father of the zoologists John Edward Gray and George Robert Gray.-Background:... |
1821 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius aurantiifolius | Verbeken | 1996 | Africa | ||
| Lactarius auriolla | Kytöv. | 1984 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius ausablensis | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius austrovolemus Lactarius austrovolemus Lactarius austrovolemus is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. It was first described scientifically by Japanese mycologist Tsuguo Hongo in 1973.... |
Hongo Tsuguo Hongo was a Japanese mycologist who specialized in the biogeography and taxonomy of Agaricales.Hongo entered the Department of Biology at what is now Hiroshima University in 1943, where he studied botany until graduating in 1946 with a B.Sc.... |
1973 | |||
| Lactarius azonites | (Bull.) Fr. | 1838 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius badiopallescens | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius barrowsii | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius bertillonii | (Neuhoff ex Z.Schaef.) Bon Marcel Bon Marcel Bon is one of France’s best known field mycologists. He was born in Picardy, in 1925 and came to mycology through general botany, and pharmacology... |
1980 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius bicolor | Massee | 1914 | Gerardii | Asia, North America | |
| Lactarius blennius Lactarius blennius Lactarius blennius is a medium-sized mushroom of the genus Lactarius found commonly in beech forests in Europe, where it is mycorrhizal, favouring the European Beech . It was first described by Elias Magnus Fries... # |
(Fr.) Fr. | 1838 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius brunneoviolaceus | M.P.Christ | 1941 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius bryophilus | 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... |
1910 | North America | ||
| Lactarius caeruleitinctus | Murrill | 1939 | North America | ||
| Lactarius caespitosus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius californiensis | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius camphoratus# | (Bull.) Fr. | 1838 | Europe |  |
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| Lactarius carbonicola | A.H.Sm. | 1960 | North America | ||
| Lactarius carminascens | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius carolinensis | Hesler | 1960 | North America | ||
| Lactarius cascadensis | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius chelidonium Lactarius chelidonium Lactarius chelidonium is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. It was first described by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck in 1870.... |
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... |
1872 | North America | ||
| Lactarius chromospermus Lactarius chromospermus Lactarius chromospermus is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. It was first described scientifically by David N. Pegler in 1982.... |
Pegler | 1982 | Africa | ||
| Lactarius chrysorrheus Lactarius chrysorrheus Lactarius chrysorrheus is a member of the Lactarius genus, whose many members are commonly known as Milkcaps. It has recently been given the English name of the Yellowdrop Milkcap... # |
Fr. | 1838 | Europe, North America |  |
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| Lactarius cinereobrunneus | Stubbe & Verbeken | 2008 | Plinthogali | Malaysia | |
| Lactarius cinereus | 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... |
1872 | North America | ||
| Lactarius circellatus | Fr. | 1838 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius citriolens | Pouzar | 1968 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius clarkeae | Cleland John Burton Cleland Sir John Burton Cleland CBE was a renowned Australian naturalist, microbiologist, mycologist and ornithologist.-Early Life and education:... |
1927 | Australia | ||
| Lactarius clelandii | Grgur. | 1997 | Australia | ||
| Lactarius cocosiolens | Methven | 1985 | North America | ||
| Lactarius cocosmus | Van de Putte & De Kesel | 2009 | Togo | ||
| Lactarius cognoscibilis | Beardslee & Burl. | 1940 | North America | ||
| Lactarius coleopteris | Coker William Chambers Coker William Chambers Coker was an American botanist-Biography:He was born at Hartsville, South Carolina on October 24, 1872. He graduated from South Carolina College in 1894 and took postgraduate courses at Johns Hopkins University and in Germany... |
1918 | North America | ||
| Lactarius colorascens | 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... |
1905 | North America | ||
| Lactarius conchatus | Stubbe & H.T.Le | 2011 | Gerardii | Thailand | |
| Lactarius coniculus | Stubbe & Verbeken | 2011 | Gerardii | Sri Lanka | |
| Lactarius controversus Lactarius controversus Lactarius controversus is a large funnel-capped fungus within the genus Lactarius, which are collectively known as 'milk caps'. They all exude milky drops from the flesh and gills when damaged... |
Pers. | 1800 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius cordovaensis | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius corrugis Lactarius corrugis Lactarius corrugis, commonly known as the corrugated-cap milky, is a species of fungus in the Russulaceae family. It was first described by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck in 1879.... # |
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... |
1879 | |||
| Lactarius cretaceus | Stubbe & Verbeken | 2008 | Plinthogali | Malaysia | |
| Lactarius crocatus Lactarius crocatus Lactarius crocatus is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. Found in Chiang Mai Province , it was described as new to science in 2010.... |
Van de Putte & Verbeken | 2010 | Thailand | ||
| Lactarius croceus | Burl. | 1908 | North America | ||
| Lactarius cyathuliformis | Bon Marcel Bon Marcel Bon is one of France’s best known field mycologists. He was born in Picardy, in 1925 and came to mycology through general botany, and pharmacology... |
1978 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius deceptivus Lactarius deceptivus Lactarius deceptivus, commonly known as the deceiving milkcap, is a common species of fungus in the Russulaceae family. It is found throughout eastern North America on the ground in coniferous forests near hemlock or deciduous forests near oak, and in oak-dominated forests of Costa Rica... # |
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... |
1885 | |||
| Lactarius decipiens | Quél. | 1886 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius delicatus | Burl. | 1908 | North America | ||
| Lactarius deliciosus Lactarius deliciosus Lactarius deliciosus, commonly known as the Saffron milk cap, Red pine mushroom, is one of the best known members of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales... # |
(L.) Gray Samuel Frederick Gray Samuel Frederick Gray was a British botanist, mycologist, and pharmacologist. He was the father of the zoologists John Edward Gray and George Robert Gray.-Background:... |
1821 | Northern hemisphere, Australia |  |
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| Lactarius depressus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius desideratus | Verbeken & Stubbe | 2008 | Cameroon | ||
| Lactarius deterrimus Lactarius deterrimus Lactarius deterrimus is a mushroom closely related to Lactarius deliciosus. The common name for this fungus is False saffron milk-cap, it's also known as Bitterer Milchling.-Taxonomy:... # |
Gröger | 1968 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius dewevrei | Douanla-Meli | 2009 | Cameroon | ||
| Lactarius dispersus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius distantifolius Lactarius distantifolius Lactarius distantifolius is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. Found in Chiang Mai Province , it was described as new to science in 2010... |
Van de Putte, Stubbe & Verbeken | 2010 | Thailand | ||
| Lactarius dolichocaulis | (Pegler) Verbeken & U.Eberhardt | 2004 | Zambia | ||
| Lactarius dryadophilus | Kühner | 1975 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius dunfordii | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius duplicatus | A.H.Sm. | 1960 | Europe, North America | ||
| Lactarius eburneus | Thiers Harry D. Thiers Harry Delbert Thiers, born January 22, 1919 in Fort McKavett, Texas, died August 8, 2000 in Ohio, was an American mycologist who studied and named a great many fungi of native to North America, particularly California. Thiers taught mycology at San Francisco State University for many years, and a... |
1957 | North America | ||
| Lactarius echinatus | Thiers Harry D. Thiers Harry Delbert Thiers, born January 22, 1919 in Fort McKavett, Texas, died August 8, 2000 in Ohio, was an American mycologist who studied and named a great many fungi of native to North America, particularly California. Thiers taught mycology at San Francisco State University for many years, and a... |
1957 | North America | ||
| Lactarius eucalypti | O.K.Mill. & R.N. Hilton | 1987 | Australia | ||
| Lactarius evosmus | Kühner & Romagn. | 1954 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius fallax Lactarius fallax Lactarius fallax, commonly known as the velvety milk cap, is a species of fungus in the Russulaceae family. Found in both spruce and mixed conifer forests, it is a fairly common species in the Pacific Northwest region of North America, with a northerly range extending to Alaska... # |
A.H.Sm. & Hesler | 1962 | |||
| Lactarius fennoscandicus | Verbeken & Vesterh. | 1998 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius ferrugineifolius | Stubbe & Verbeken | 2008 | Plinthogali | Malaysia | |
| Lactarius flavidus | Boud. | 1887 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius flavoaspideus | Kytöv. | 2009 | Finland | ||
| Lactarius flavopalustris | Kytöv. | 2009 | Finland | ||
| Lactarius flavorosescens | Stubbe & Verbeken | 2008 | Plinthogali | Borneo, Malaysia | |
| Lactarius flexuosus Lactarius flexuosus Lactarius flexuosus is a species of fungus in the Russulaceae family of mushrooms. The cap of L. flexuosus can reach in diameter. The mushroom is edible when pickled and boiled.... |
(Pers.) Gray Samuel Frederick Gray Samuel Frederick Gray was a British botanist, mycologist, and pharmacologist. He was the father of the zoologists John Edward Gray and George Robert Gray.-Background:... |
1821 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius floridanus | Beardslee & Burl. | 1940 | North America | ||
| Lactarius fluens | Boud. | 1899 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius fragilis | (Burl.) Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | |||
| Lactarius frustratus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius fuliginellus Lactarius fuliginellus Lactarius fuliginellus is a species of fungus in the Russulaceae family. Described as a new species in 1962 by American mycologists Alexander H. Smith and Lexemuel Ray Hesler, the mushroom is found in North America.... |
A.H.Sm. & Hesler | 1962 | North America | ||
| Lactarius fuliginosus Lactarius fuliginosus Lactarius fuliginosus, commonly known as the sooty milkcap, is a species of fungus in the Russulaceae family.... # |
(Krapf) Fr. | 1838 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius fulvissimus Lactarius fulvissimus Lactarius fulvissimus is a species of fungus in the Russulaceae family. It was first described scientifically by Henri Romagnesi in 1954.... # |
Romagn. | 1954 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius fulvus | Stubbe & Verbeken | 2008 | Plinthogali | Malaysia | |
| Lactarius fumeacolor | Burl. | 1945 | North America | ||
| Lactarius fumosus Lactarius fumosus Lactarius fumosus, commonly known as the smoky milkcap, is a species of fungus in the Russulaceae family.-Taxonomy:The species was first described by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck in 1872. "Lactarius fumosus" var... # |
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... |
1872 | North America | ||
| Lactarius furcatus | Coker William Chambers Coker William Chambers Coker was an American botanist-Biography:He was born at Hartsville, South Carolina on October 24, 1872. He graduated from South Carolina College in 1894 and took postgraduate courses at Johns Hopkins University and in Germany... |
1918 | North America | ||
| Lactarius fuscomarginatus | Montoya, Bandala & Haug | 2011 | Gerardii | Mexico | |
| Lactarius fuscoolivaceus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius genevievae | Stubbe & Verbeken | 2011 | Gerardii | Australia | |
| Lactarius gerardii | 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... |
1873 | Gerardii | North America | |
| Lactarius glaucescens | Crossl. | 1900 | Europe, North America | ||
| Lactarius glutigriseus | V.L. Wells & Kempton | 1974 | North America | ||
| Lactarius glutinosus | Sumst. | 1941 | North America | ||
| Lactarius glyciosmus Lactarius glyciosmus Lactarius glyciosmus is a semi-edible mushroom in the genus Lactarius. Mycorrhizal, it can be found growing in soil at the base of birch trees in Europe. It is typically coloured a greyish lilac, with the sometimes hollow stem a little lighter coloured than the cap... # |
(Fr.) Fr. | 1838 | Europe, North America |  |
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| Lactarius gossypinus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius griseus | 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... |
1873 | North America | ||
| Lactarius hatsudake | Nobuj. Tanaka | 1890 | Asia | ||
| Lactarius heimii | Verbeken | 1996 | Burundi | ||
| Lactarius helvus Lactarius helvus Lactarius helvus, commonly known as fenugreek milkcap, is a member of the large milkcap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. Fruiting bodies can be found in Sphagnum moss in coniferous and deciduous woodland in Europe. Mushrooms are pale brown-grey or beige in colour and funnel-shaped, with... # |
(Fr.) Fr. | 1838 | Europe, North America | ||
| Lactarius hepaticus# | Plowr. | 1905 | Europe, North America |  |
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| Lactarius hibbardae | 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... |
1908 | North America | ||
| Lactarius highlandensis | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius hora | Nuytinck & Verbeken | 2011 | Gerardii | Indonesia | |
| Lactarius horakii | Nuytinck & Verbeken | 2006 | Gerardii | Indonesia | |
| Lactarius hygrophoroides Lactarius hygrophoroides Lactarius hygrophoroides is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. It was first described scientifically by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis in 1859.... |
Berk. & M.A.Curtis | 1859 | North America | ||
| Lactarius hysginoides | Korhonen & T. Ulvinen | 1985 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius hysginus | (Fr.) Fr. | 1838 | Europe, North America | ||
| Lactarius illyricus | Piltaver | 1992 | Slovenia | ||
| Lactarius imbricatus | M.X.Zhou & H.A.Wen | 2008 | Tibet | ||
| Lactarius imperceptus | Beardslee & Burl. | 1940 | North America | ||
| Lactarius incarnatozonatus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius indigo Lactarius indigo Lactarius indigo, commonly known as the indigo milk cap, the indigo Lactarius, or the blue milk mushroom, is a species of fungus in the Russulaceae family of mushrooms. A widely distributed species, it grows naturally in eastern North America, East Asia, and Central America; it has also been... # |
(Schwein.) Fr. | 1838 | North America, Asia, Central America | ||
| Lactarius kabansus Lactarius kabansus Lactarius kabansus is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. Described as new to science in 1980, the species is found in Zambia.... |
Pegler & Piearce | 1980 | Zambia | ||
| Lactarius kauffmanii | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius lacunarum | (Romagn.) ex Hora | 1960 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius lamprocystidiatus Lactarius lamprocystidiatus Lactarius lamprocystidiatus is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. Found in Papua New Guinea, it was first described scientifically by Verbeken and Horak in 2000.... |
Verbeken & E.Horak | 2000 | Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands... |
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| Lactarius lanceolatus | O.K.Mill. & Laursen | 1973 | Europe, North America | ||
| Lactarius lanuginosus | Burl. | 1908 | North America | ||
| Lactarius leae | Stubbe & Verbeken | 2011 | Gerardii | Thailand | |
| Lactarius lentus | Coker William Chambers Coker William Chambers Coker was an American botanist-Biography:He was born at Hartsville, South Carolina on October 24, 1872. He graduated from South Carolina College in 1894 and took postgraduate courses at Johns Hopkins University and in Germany... |
1918 | North America | ||
| Lactarius lepidotus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | Europe, North America | ||
| Lactarius leonardii | Stubbe & Verbeken | 2011 | Gerardii | Australia, New Zealand | |
| Lactarius leonis | Kytöv. | 1984 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius lignyotellus | A.H.Sm. & Hesler | 1962 | North America | ||
| Lactarius lignyotus Lactarius lignyotus Lactarius lignyotus is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. It was first described scientifically by Elias Magnus Fries in 1855.... |
Fr. | 1855 | Europe, North America | ||
| Lactarius lilacinus Lactarius lilacinus Lactarius lilacinus is a species of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales.... |
(Lasch) Fr. | 1838 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius limacinus | Beardslee & Burl. | 1940 | North America | ||
| Lactarius limbatus | Stubbe & Verbeken | 2011 | Gerardii | Malaysia | |
| Lactarius longipilus Lactarius longipilus Lactarius longipilus is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. Found in Chiang Mai Province , it was described as new to science in 2010. The mushrooms were found at an elevation of growing in a forest dominated by Castanopsis spp., Lithocarpus sp., and Pinus kesiya.... |
Van de Putte, Le & Verbeken | 2010 | Thailand | ||
| Lactarius louisii | Homola | 1976 | North America | ||
| Lactarius luculentus | Burl. | 1936 | North America | ||
| Lactarius luridus | (Pers.) Gray Samuel Frederick Gray Samuel Frederick Gray was a British botanist, mycologist, and pharmacologist. He was the father of the zoologists John Edward Gray and George Robert Gray.-Background:... |
1821 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius luteocanus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius luteolus | 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... |
1896 | North America | ||
| Lactarius mackinawensis | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius maculatipes Lactarius maculatipes Lactarius maculatipes is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. The species was described as new to science by mycologist Gertrude S. Burlingham in 1942.... |
Burl. | 1942 | North America | ||
| Lactarius maculatus | 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... |
1888 | North America | ||
| Lactarius maculosus | Murrill | 1916 | North America | ||
| Lactarius madagascariensis | Verbeken & Buyck | 2007 | Madagascar | ||
| Lactarius mammosus | Fr. | 1838 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius mairei | Malençon | 1939 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius manzanitae | Methven | 1985 | North America | ||
| Lactarius mea | Grgur. | 1997 | Australia | ||
| Lactarius midlandensis | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius minusculus | Burl. | 1907 | North America | ||
| Lactarius mitissimus | (Fr.) Fr. | 1838 | Europe, North America | ||
| Lactarius mordax | Thiers Harry D. Thiers Harry Delbert Thiers, born January 22, 1919 in Fort McKavett, Texas, died August 8, 2000 in Ohio, was an American mycologist who studied and named a great many fungi of native to North America, particularly California. Thiers taught mycology at San Francisco State University for many years, and a... |
1957 | North America | ||
| Lactarius moschatus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius mucidus | Burl. | 1908 | North America | ||
| Lactarius muscicola | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius musteus# | Fr. | 1838 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius mutabilis | 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... |
1890 | North America | ||
| Lactarius nanus | J.Favre | 1955 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius neotabidus | A.H.Sm. | 1983 | North America | ||
| Lactarius neuhoffii | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius nimkeae | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius nodosicystidiosus | Verbeken & Buyck | 2007 | Madagascar | ||
| Lactarius obscuratus# | Romagn. | 1974 | Europe, North America | ||
| Lactarius occidentalis | A.H.Sm. | 1960 | North America | ||
| Lactarius ochrogalactus | Hayisha | 2006 | Gerardii | China, Japan, Borneo | |
| Lactarius oculatus | (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... ) Burl. |
1907 | North America | ||
| Lactarius olivaceobrunneus | Hesler | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius olivaceoumbrinus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius olivinus | Kytöv. | 1984 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius olympianus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius omphaliiformis | Romagn. | 1974 | Europe, South America | ||
| Lactarius pallescens | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius pallidiolivaceus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius pallidior | Stubbe & Verbeken | 2008 | Plinthogali | Malaysia | |
| Lactarius pallidus Lactarius pallidus Lactarius pallidus is an edible mushroom of the genus Lactarius. It is pale in colour, and found on the floor in beech or birch woodland. Its smooth cap features a particularly thick layer of flesh, and often has an incurved margin. Though generally considered edible, it is not recommended to be... # |
Pers. | 1797 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius paludinellus | 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... |
1885 | North America | ||
| Lactarius papillatus | Stubbe & Verbeken | 2008 | Plinthogali | Malaysia | |
| Lactarius paradoxus Lactarius paradoxus Lactarius paradoxus is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. It was first described in 1940.... |
Beardslee & Burl. | 1940 | North America | ||
| Lactarius purpureobadius | Malençon ex Basso | 2009 | Morocco | ||
| Lactarius parvulus | Murrill | 1940 | North America | ||
| Lactarius payettensis | A.H.Sm. | 1960 | North America | ||
| Lactarius peckii | Burl. | 1908 | North America | ||
| Lactarius pervelutinus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius petersenii | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | Gerardii | North America | |
| Lactarius phlebophyllus | R.Heim | 1938 | Africa | ||
| Lactarius picinus | Fr. | 1838 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius pilatii | Z.Schaef. | 1968 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius pinckneyensis | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius pinguis Lactarius pinguis Lactarius pinguis is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. Found in northern Thailand, it was described as new to science in 2010.... |
Van de Putte & Verbeken | 2010 | Thailand | ||
| Lactarius piperatus Lactarius piperatus Lactarius piperatus, commonly known as the peppery milk-cap is a semi-edible basidiomycete fungus of the genus Lactarius. Despite being edible, it is not recommended due to its poor taste, though can be used as seasoning when dried. The fruiting body is a creamy-white mushroom which is... # |
(L.) Pers. | 1797 | Europe, North America |  |
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| Lactarius porninsis | Rolland | 1889 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius praezonatus | Murrill | 1943 | North America | ||
| Lactarius proximellus | Beardslee & Burl. | 1940 | North America | ||
| Lactarius psammicola | A.H.Sm. | 1941 | North America | ||
| Lactarius pseudoaffinis | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius pseudoaspideus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius pseudodeceptivus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius pseudodelicatus | A.H.Sm. | 1960 | North America | ||
| Lactarius pseudodeliciosus | Beardslee & Burl. | 1940 | North America | ||
| Lactarius pseudoflexuosus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius pseudogerardii | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius pseudomaculatus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius pseudomucidus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius pseudouvidus | Kühner | 1975 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius pterosporus | Romagn. | 1949 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius pyrogalus Lactarius pyrogalus Lactarius pyrogalus, commonly known as the fire-milk Lactarius, is a species of inedible mushroom in genus Lactarius. It is greyish in colour and differentiated from other grey Lactarius by its widely-spaced, yellow gills... # |
(Bull.) Fr. | 1838 | Europe, North America |  |
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| Lactarius pubescens Lactarius pubescens Lactarius pubescens, commonly known as the downy milk cap, is a species of fungus in the Russulaceae family. It is a medium to large agaric with a creamy-buff, hairy cap, whitish gills and short stout stem... # |
Fr. | 1838 | Europe, North America | ||
| Lactarius pungens | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius purpureoechinatus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius quercuum Lactarius quercuum Lactarius quercuum is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. Described as new to science in 1963 by American mycologist Rolf Singer, the species is found in Bolivia.... |
Singer Rolf Singer Rolf Singer was a German-born mycologist and one of the most important taxonomists of gilled mushrooms in the 20th century.... |
1963 | Bolivia | ||
| Lactarius quieticolor Lactarius quieticolor Lactarius quieticolor is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. It was first described scientifically by French mycologist Henri Romagnesi in 1958.... |
Romagn. | 1958 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius quietus Lactarius quietus Lactarius quietus is a mushroom of the genus Lactarius. It is easily identified by its oily scent and the concentric bands on its cap. It is brown in colour, and is probably named after its matt, "quiet" surface and colouration... # |
(Fr.) Fr. | 1838 | Europe, North America |  |
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| Lactarius repraesentaneus Lactarius repraesentaneus Lactarius repraesentaneus, commonly known as the northern bearded milkcap, the northern milkcap, or the purple-staining milkcap, is a species of fungus in the Russulaceae family. It has a northerly distribution, and is found in temperate regions of North America and Europe, associated with spruce... # |
Britzelm. | 1885 | Europe, North America | ||
| Lactarius resimus Lactarius resimus Lactarius resimus is a species of mushrooms in the genus Lactarius, which is considered a delicacy in Russia and some other countries of Eastern Europe when pickled in salt. There it is considered one of three tastiest edible mushrooms, along with Boletus edulis and Lactarius deliciosus, though it... |
(Fr.) Fr. | 1838 | Europe, North America |  |
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| Lactarius reticulatovenosus | Verbeken & E.Horak | 2002 | Gerardii | Indonesia | |
| Lactarius rimosellus | 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... |
1906 | North America | ||
| Lactarius riparius | Methven | 1985 | North America | ||
| Lactarius romagnesii | Bon Marcel Bon Marcel Bon is one of France’s best known field mycologists. He was born in Picardy, in 1925 and came to mycology through general botany, and pharmacology... |
1979 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius roseozonatus | (H.Post) Britzelm. | 1885 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius rostratus | Heilm.-Claus. | 1998 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius rubidus# | (Hesler & A.H.Sm.) Methven | 1997 | North America |  |
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| Lactarius rubrilacteus Lactarius rubrilacteus Lactarius rubrilacteus is a species of mushroom of the genus Lactarius. It is also known as the bleeding milkcap, as is at least one other member of the genus, Lactarius deliciosus.-Description:... # |
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius rubriviridis | Desjardin, Saylor & Thiers Harry D. Thiers Harry Delbert Thiers, born January 22, 1919 in Fort McKavett, Texas, died August 8, 2000 in Ohio, was an American mycologist who studied and named a great many fungi of native to North America, particularly California. Thiers taught mycology at San Francisco State University for many years, and a... |
2003 | USA | ||
| Lactarius rubrocinctus | Fr. | 1863 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius rubroviolascens | R.Heim | 1938 | Madagascar | ||
| Lactarius rufulus Lactarius rufulus Lactarius rufulus, commonly known as the rufous candy cap, is a species of fungus in the Russulaceae family. The fruit bodies have fleshy brownish-red caps up to wide, and closely spaced pinkish-yellow gills. The stem is up to long and thick and colored similarly to the cap... # |
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... |
1907 | North America | ||
| Lactarius rufus Lactarius rufus Lactarius rufus is a common, medium sized member of the Lactarius genus, whose many members are commonly known as milkcaps. Known by the common name of the Rufous Milkcap, or the Red Hot Milk Cap in North America... # |
(Scop.) Fr. | 1838 | Europe, North America | ||
| Lactarius ruginosus | Romagn. | 1957 | Europe, North America | ||
| Lactarius rupestris Lactarius rupestris Lactarius rupestris is a species of mushroom in the Russulaceae family. Described as a new species in 2010, it is known only from the semi-arid region in the National Park of Catimbau of Brazil. The mushroom is characterized by a stout fruit body with a smooth and sticky orange cap up to in diameter... |
Wartchow | 2010 | Brazil | ||
| Lactarius salicis-herbaceae | Kühner | 1975 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius salicis-reticulatae | Kühner | 1975 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius salmoneus | 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... |
1898 | North America | ||
| Lactarius salmonicolor | R.Heim & Leclair | 1953 | Europe, North America |  |
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| Lactarius sanguifluus Lactarius sanguifluus Lactarius sanguifluus is an edible species of fungus in the Russulaceae family. It is distributed in Asia and Europe. When bruised or cut, the fruit bodies ooze a blood-red to purple latex which turns greenish upon exposure to air. The caps are carrot to reddish-brown with darker concentric zones,... |
(Paulet) Fr. | 1838 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius sanmiguelensis | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius scoticus | Berk. & Broome Christopher Edmund Broome Christopher Edmund Broome was a British mycologist.-Background and education:C.E. Broome was born in Berkhamsted, the son of a solicitor. He was privately schooled in Kensington and in 1832 was sent to read for Holy Orders with the curate of Swaffham Prior in Cambridgeshire... |
1879 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius scrobiculatus Lactarius scrobiculatus Lactarius scrobiculatus is a basidiomycete fungus, belonging to the genus Lactarius, whose members are called "milk caps." Taxonomy places this species into subgenus Piperites, section Zonarii, subsection Scrobiculati.... |
(Scop.) Fr. | 1838 | Europe, North America |  |
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| Lactarius semisanguifluus Lactarius semisanguifluus Lactarius semisanguifluus is a species of fungus in the Russulaceae family.... |
R.Heim & Leclair | 1950 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius sepiaceus | McNabb | 1971 | Gerardii | New Zealand | |
| Lactarius serifluus# | (DC.) Fr. | 1838 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius similis | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius speciosus | (J.E.Lange) Romagn. | 1957 | North America | ||
| Lactarius sphagneti | (Fr.) Neuhoff | 1956 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius spinosulus# | Quél. | 1880 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius splendens | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius subcircellatus | Kühner | 1975 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius subclarkeae | Grgur. | 1997 | Australia | ||
| Lactarius subdulcis Lactarius subdulcis Lactarius subdulcis, commonly known as the mild milkcap or beech milk cap, is an edible mushroom in the genus Lactarius. It is brown in colour, with a large number of gills and a particularly thin layer of flesh in the cap... # |
(Pers.) Gray Samuel Frederick Gray Samuel Frederick Gray was a British botanist, mycologist, and pharmacologist. He was the father of the zoologists John Edward Gray and George Robert Gray.-Background:... |
1821 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius subflammeus Lactarius subflammeus Lactarius subflammeus, commonly known as the orange milk cap, is a species of fungus in the Russulaceae family. It is found in western North America in the late summer and fall and is especially common in the Pacific Northwest, where it grows on the ground near conifers like pine and spruce... # |
Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius subgerardii | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | Gerardii | North America | |
| Lactarius subisabellinus | Murrill | 1948 | North America | ||
| Lactarius sublacustris | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius subumbonatus Lactarius subumbonatus Lactarius subumbonatus is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. It was first described scientifically by Sven Johan Lindgren in 1845.... |
Lindgr. | 1845 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius subolivaceus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius subpaludosus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius subpalustris | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius subplinthogalus | Coker William Chambers Coker William Chambers Coker was an American botanist-Biography:He was born at Hartsville, South Carolina on October 24, 1872. He graduated from South Carolina College in 1894 and took postgraduate courses at Johns Hopkins University and in Germany... |
1918 | North America | ||
| Lactarius subpurpureus | 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... |
1878 | North America | ||
| Lactarius subserifluus | Longyear | 1902 | North America | ||
| Lactarius substriatus | A.H.Sm. | 1960 | North America | ||
| Lactarius subtestaceus | Muriill | 1939 | North America | ||
| Lactarius subtomentosus | Z.Schaef. | 1960 | North America | ||
| Lactarius subtorminosus | Coker William Chambers Coker William Chambers Coker was an American botanist-Biography:He was born at Hartsville, South Carolina on October 24, 1872. He graduated from South Carolina College in 1894 and took postgraduate courses at Johns Hopkins University and in Germany... |
1918 | North America | ||
| Lactarius subumbrinus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius subvellereus | 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... |
1898 | North America | ||
| Lactarius subvelutinus Lactarius subvelutinus Lactarius subvelutinus is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. It was first described scientifically by American mycologist Peck in 1904.... |
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... |
1904 | North America | ||
| Lactarius subvernalis | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1960 | North America | ||
| Lactarius subviscidus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius sumstinei | 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... |
1905 | North America | ||
| Lactarius syringinus | Z.Schaef. | 1956 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius tabidus# | Fr. | 1838 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius tephropeplis | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius texensis | (A.H.Sm. & Hesler) Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius theiogalus Lactarius theiogalus Lactarius tabidus , commonly known as the Birch Milkcap, is an inedible mushroom of the genus Lactarius. It can be found in North America and Europe, and grows at the base of pine in Autumn... |
(Bull.) Gray | 1821 | North America | ||
| Lactarius thiersii | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius tomentosomarginatus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius torminosulus | Knudsen & T.Borgen | 1996 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius torminosus Lactarius torminosus Lactarius torminosus, commonly known as the woolly milkcap or the bearded milkcap, is a large basidiomycete fungus in the genus Lactarius. It is found in the United Kingdom, Northern Europe, and is common in North America, where it grows in mixed forests in a mycorrhizal association with various... # |
(Schaeff.) Pers. | 1797 | Europe, North America |  |
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| Lactarius trivialis | (Fr.) Fr. | 1838 | Europe, North America | ||
| Lactarius tuomikoskii | Kytöv. | 1984 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius turpis Lactarius turpis Lactarius turpis is commonly known as the Ugly Milk-cap in English. It is found naturally in Europe and Siberia, and has been introduced to Australia and New Zealand... # |
(Weinm.) Fr. | 1838 | Europe, North America |  |
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| Lactarius uapacae | Verbeken & Stubbe | 2008 | Cameroon | ||
| Lactarius umbrinopapillatus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius utilis | (Weinm.) Fr. | 1838 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius uvidus Lactarius uvidus Lactarius uvidus is a European and North American "milk-cap" mushroom, of which the milk turns violet when the flesh is damaged. The fungi generally identified as L. uvidus are part of a complex of closely related species and varieties which are difficult to delimit definitively, .It gives its... |
(Weinm.) Fr. | 1838 | Europe, North Africa, North America |  |
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| Lactarius uyedae | Singer Rolf Singer Rolf Singer was a German-born mycologist and one of the most important taxonomists of gilled mushrooms in the 20th century.... |
1985 | Gerardii | Japan | |
| Lactarius vellereus Lactarius vellereus Lactarius vellereus, commonly known as the fleecy milk-cap, is a very large fungus in the milk-cap genus Lactarius. It is one of the two most common milk-caps found with beech trees, with the other being L. subdulcis.-Description:... # |
(Fr.) Fr. | 1838 | Europe, North America |  |
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| Lactarius venosus | Verbeken & E. Horak | 2000 | Gerardii | Papua New Guinea | |
| Lactarius verecundus | Stubbe & Verbeken | 2008 | Plinthogali | Malaysia | |
| Lactarius vietus Lactarius vietus Lactarius vietus is a species of fungus in the family Russulaceae, first described by Elias Magnus Fries. It produces moderately sized and brittle mushrooms, which grow on the forest floor or on rotting wood. The flattened-convex cap can vary in shape, sometimes forming the shape of a wide funnel... # |
(Fr.) Fr. | 1838 | Europe, North America |  |
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| Lactarius vinaceopallidus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius vinaceorufescens Lactarius vinaceorufescens Lactarius vinaceorufescens, commonly known as the yellow-staining milkcap or the yellow-latex milky, is a poisonous species of fungus in the Russulaceae family. It produces mushrooms with pinkish-cinnamon caps up to wide held by pinkish-white stems up to long. The closely spaced whitish to... |
A.H.Sm. | 1960 | North America | ||
| Lactarius vinaceosporus | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius violascens | (J.Otto) Fr. | 1839 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius vitellinus Lactarius vitellinus Lactarius vitellinus is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. Found in northern Thailand, it was described as new to science in 2010.... |
Van de Putte & Verbeken | 2010 | Thailand | ||
| Lactarius volemus Lactarius volemus Lactarius volemus is a species of fungus in the family Russulaceae. It is widely distributed in the northern hemisphere, in temperate regions of Europe, North America and Asia as well as some subtropical and tropical regions of Central America and Asia... # |
(Fr.) Fr. | 1838 | Asia, Europe, North America |  |
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| Lactarius wirrabara | Grgur. | 1997 | Gerardii | Australia | |
| Lactarius westii | Murrill | 1940 | North America | ||
| Lactarius xanthogalactus# | 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... |
1907 | North America | ||
| Lactarius xanthydrorheus | Singer Rolf Singer Rolf Singer was a German-born mycologist and one of the most important taxonomists of gilled mushrooms in the 20th century.... |
1945 | North America | ||
| Lactarius yazooensis | Hesler & A.H.Sm. | 1979 | North America | ||
| Lactarius zonarioides | Kühner & Romagn. | 1954 | Europe | ||
| Lactarius zonarius | (Bull.) Fr. | 1838 | Europe, North America |