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Lactifluus
Lactifluus is one of three genera of mushroom-forming fungi containing species commonly named "milk-caps", the others being Lactarius and Multifurca. It has been separated from Lactarius based on molecular phylogenetic evidence but is very similar to that genus. There are roughly 150 known Lactifluus species, which have a mainly tropical distribution but are also found in the north temperate zone and Australasia. Some of them are edible mushrooms.
7 branches of this group, most-observed first
Lactifluus sect. Lactifluus
sectionLactifluus
Piperati
sectionPiperati
Lactifluus Sect Gerardii
sectionGerardii
Allardii
sectionAllardii
Lactifluus sainii
speciesLactifluus sainii
Tenuicystidiati
sectionTenuicystidiati
Ambicystidiati
sectionAmbicystidiati
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Histoire des Champignons de la France, Vol 2
Pierre Bulliard · 1791 · p.221
Histoire des Champignons de la France, Vol 2
Pierre Bulliard · 1791 · p.197
Histoire des Champignons de la France, Vol 2
Pierre Bulliard · 1791 · p.109
Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms
James Sowerby · 1797 · p.518
Illustrations of British Mycology, First Series
Anna Maria Hussey (1805-1853) · n.d. · p.376
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Lactifluus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1105690.