Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Russula is a very large genus composed of around 750 worldwide ... especially compared to Lactarius. Russula foetens was shown to produce the marasmane ...
A conspicuous feature of the "milk-caps" in Lactarius, Lactifluus, and Multifurca furcata is the latex or "milk" their fruitbodies exude when bruised. [15] [30] The secotioid and gasteroid species in Lactarius and Russula are derived from agaricoid forms.
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
Milk-cap (also milk cap, milkcap, or milky) is a common name that refers to mushroom-forming fungi of the genera Lactarius, Lactifluus, and Multifurca, all in the family Russulaceae. The common and eponymous feature of their fruitbodies is the latex ("milk") they exude when cut or bruised. [ 1 ]
In 2021, a review of existing specimens classified as Lactifluus clarkeae, Russula flocktoniae, Lactarius subclarkeae found specimens belonging to eleven clades within the genus Lactifluus and one clade of the genera Russula. In addition, the study identified six new species and elevated one previously known subspecies to species status. [10]
The Russulales are an order of the Agaricomycetes, (which include the agaric genera Russula and Lactarius and their polyporoid and corticioid relatives). According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the order consists of 12 families, 80 genera, and 1767 species. [2]
Hypomyces lactifluorum is found in wooded areas, often near Russula brevipes or Lactarius growing in conifer forests, in particular under ponderosa pine in the American Southwest and the Pacific Northwest. [5] Its range in the woods has been described as "solitary, scattered or gregarious" depending on location. [6]
Russula campinensis is a neotropical species in the genus Russula. This species is highly different from most other known Russula species in that it has very small (2–17 mm), pleurotoid fruitbodies that develop on tree trunks in up to 2 m elevation from the forest floor. [ 2 ]