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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
RUSSULALES
(an order of toadstools)
RUSSULACEAE
(milkcaps and russulas)
Lactarius
(milkcap toadstools)
Russularia
(a group of milkcaps)
Lactarius sphagneti
(a milkcap)
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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Lactarius sphagneti (Fr.) Neuhoff, 1956 (a milkcap)

2007 (Draft) Red Data List DD

Suggested Literature

Lactarius sphagneti may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)		 BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)		 BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)		 AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)		 RUSSULALES
(an order of toadstools)		 RUSSULACEAE
(milkcaps and russulas)		 Lactarius
(milkcap toadstools)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Lactarius sphagneti is associated with:

fruitbody Pinus sylvestris ssp. scotica - Caledonian Pine (Pinaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Restricted Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Sphagnum - bog mosses (Sphagnales: Sphagnaceae) fruitbody is associated with Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Lactarius sphagneti:

Lactarius sphagneti may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)		 BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)		 Lactarius
(milkcap toadstools)

References

Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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