Species
Lactarius xanthogalactus (Yellow-staining milk cap)
Lactarius xanthogalactus. Photo: (c) noah_siegel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Lactarius xanthogalactus, commonly known as the yellow-staining milkcap is a poisonous species of fungus in the family Russulaceae. It produces mushrooms with pinkish-cinnamon caps up to 11 cm (4.3 in) wide held by pinkish-white stems up to 6 cm (2.4 in) long. When it is cut or injured, the mushroom oozes a white latex that rapidly turns bright sulfur-yellow. The species is found on the west coast of the United States and grows in the ground in association with hardwood…
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
- Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
- Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Russulales
- Family: Russulaceae (Milkcaps, brittlegills and allies)
- Genus: Lactarius (Common milkcaps)
- Subgenus: Russularia
- Species: Lactarius xanthogalactus (Yellow-staining milk cap)
- Subgenus: Russularia
- Genus: Lactarius (Common milkcaps)
- Family: Russulaceae (Milkcaps, brittlegills and allies)
- Order: Russulales
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
- Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)














































































