Subgenus
Lactarius
Lactarius kauffmanii. Photo: (c) noah_siegel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
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…
- 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: Lactarius
- Species: Lactarius repraesentaneus (Purple-staining bearded milk cap)
- Species: Lactarius resimus (Rollrim milkcap)
- Species: Lactarius alnicola (Golden milkcap)
- Species: Lactarius olivaceoumbrinus (Toadskin milkcap)
- Species: Lactarius turpis (Ugly milkcap)
- Species: Lactarius aestivus
- Species: Lactarius pseudomucidus (Gray-stemmed milk cap)
- Species: Lactarius kauffmanii (Kauffman's milk cap)
- Species: Lactarius pubescens (Downy milk cap) (1)
- Section: Deliciosi (5)
- Subsection: Scrobiculati (2)
- Subgenus: Lactarius
- 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)
