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Lactifluus clarkeae
Lactifluus clarkeae, formerly known as Lactarius clarkeae, is a species of mushroom-forming fungus in the family Russulaceae. It is found in Australia and New Zealand in mycorrhizal association with species of Nothofagus and the family Myrtaceae.
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Range & habitat
Lactifluus clarkeae occurs in Australia and New Zealand and is commonly observed in forests and woodlands with shrubs and trees including Eucalyptus and Leptospermum of Myrtaceae and also with Nothofagus. In New Zealand, L. clarkeae var. clarkeae is used to describe mushrooms of this appearance found under Leptospermum, whereas L. aurantioruber (formerly L. clarkeae var. aurantioruber) is used for mushrooms found associated with Nothofagus (southern beech).
Wikipedia: “Ecology, distribution, and habitat”
At the table
Like many Australian mushrooms, the edibility and palatability of this mushroom is fairly unknown. However, Lactifluus volemus is a Northern Hemisphere species with some documented culinary usage. A. M. Young's A Field Guide to the Fungi of Australia mentions Lactifluus clarkeae as a food for the land mullet, an Australian skink known to eat fungi. Fruit-bodies seen in Greens Bush show evidence of fungivory by local fauna, including slugs and probably swamp wallaby or eastern grey kangaroo.
Wikipedia: “Edibility”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the stacks
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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 543590.