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Common Milkcaps
Lactarius
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 roughly 450 known species, mainly distributed in the Northern hemisphere. Recently, the genus Lactifluus has been separated from Lactarius based on molecular phylogenetic...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Lactarius
subgenusLactarius
Russularia
subgenusRussularia
Plinthogalus
subgenusPlinthogalus
Zonarii
sectionZonarii
Lactarius subvernalis
speciesLactarius subvernalis
Lactarius mutabilis
speciesLactarius mutabilis
Lactarius pallescens
speciesLactarius pallescens
Lactarius occidentalis
speciesLactarius occidentalis
Lactarius sordidus
speciesLactarius sordidus
Lactarius glutigriseus
speciesLactarius glutigriseus
Lactarius mucidus
speciesLactarius mucidus
Lactarius sp. 'argillaceifolius-IN02'
speciesLactarius sp. 'argillaceifolius-IN02'
Lactarius atrobadius
speciesLactarius atrobadius
Lactarius affinis
speciesLactarius affinis
Eye Spot Milky
speciesLactarius oculatus
Lactarius tawai
speciesLactarius tawai
Lactarius hibbardiae
speciesLactarius hibbardiae
Lactarius subpalustris
speciesLactarius subpalustris
Lactarius subvillosus
speciesLactarius subvillosus
Lactarius sp. 'OH01'
speciesLactarius sp. 'OH01'
Lactarius desjardinii
speciesLactarius desjardinii
Lactarius fragilis
speciesLactarius fragilis
Lactarius cistophilus
speciesLactarius cistophilus
Lactarius pallidiolivaceus
speciesLactarius pallidiolivaceus
Lactarius areolatus
speciesLactarius areolatus
Lactarius costaricensis
speciesLactarius costaricensis
Lactarius sp. 'psammicola-IN02'
speciesLactarius sp. 'psammicola-IN02'
Lactarius subzonarius
speciesLactarius subzonarius
Lactarius sp. 'IN16'
speciesLactarius sp. 'IN16'
Lactarius mediterraneensis
speciesLactarius mediterraneensis
Lactarius proximellus
speciesLactarius proximellus
Lactarius cordovaensis
speciesLactarius cordovaensis
Lactarius maculatus
speciesLactarius maculatus
Lactarius nitidus
speciesLactarius nitidus
Lactarius sp. 'glyciosmus-PNW04'
speciesLactarius sp. 'glyciosmus-PNW04'
Lactarius olivinus
speciesLactarius olivinus
Lactarius carbonicola
speciesLactarius carbonicola
Lactarius sanmiguelensis
speciesLactarius sanmiguelensis
Lactarius aspideoides
speciesLactarius aspideoides
Lactarius badiopallescens
speciesLactarius badiopallescens
Arcangeliella daucina
speciesArcangeliella daucina
Lactarius payettensis
speciesLactarius payettensis
Lactarius salicis-herbaceae
speciesLactarius salicis-herbaceae
Lactarius colorascens
speciesLactarius colorascens
Lactarius subcircellatus
speciesLactarius subcircellatus
Lactarius glutininitens
speciesLactarius glutininitens
Lactarius delicatus
speciesLactarius delicatus
Lactarius dispersus
speciesLactarius dispersus
Lactarius midlandensis
speciesLactarius midlandensis
Lactarius sp. 'QC01'
speciesLactarius sp. 'QC01'
Lactarius pseudodeceptivus
speciesLactarius pseudodeceptivus
Lactarius duplicatus
speciesLactarius duplicatus
Lactarius riparius
speciesLactarius riparius
Lactarius pseudodelicatus
speciesLactarius pseudodelicatus
Lactarius sp. 'PNW19'
speciesLactarius sp. 'PNW19'
Lactarius silviae
speciesLactarius silviae
Lactarius aurantiofulvus
speciesLactarius aurantiofulvus
Lactarius kabansus
speciesLactarius kabansus
Lactarius flavoaspideus
speciesLactarius flavoaspideus
Lactarius sp. 'lignyotus-FL01'
speciesLactarius sp. 'lignyotus-FL01'
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
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.125
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.126
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.172
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.195
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.205
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 3–4
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.144
Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms
James Sowerby · 1797 · p.268
Illustrations of British Mycology, First Series
Anna Maria Hussey (1805-1853) · n.d. · p.294
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Lactarius 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 54597.