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Lactarius Pers., 1797 (milkcap toadstools)

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Subgenus	Lactariopsis (Henn.) R. Heim (a group of milkcaps)	3
Species	Lactarius bertillonii (Neuhoff ex Z. Schaef.) Bon, 1980 (a milkcap)						3
Species	Lactarius vellereus (Fr.) Fr., 1838 (Fleecy Milkcap)	2	6	7			8
Subgenus	Lactarius ss. Pers., 1797 (a group of milkcaps)	2
Species	Lactarius glaucescens Crossl., 1900 (a milkcap)						2
Species	Lactarius piperatus (L.) Pers., 1797 (Peppery Milkcap)						5
Subgenus	Lactifluus (Burl.) Hesler & A.H. Sm. (a group of milkcaps)	1
Species	Lactarius volemus (Fr.) Fr., 1838 (a milkcap)		7				6
Subgenus	Piperites (Fr.) Kauffman (a group of milkcaps)	45	179	65	73	8	119
Subgenus	Plinthogalus (Burl.) Hesler & A.H. Sm. (a group of milkcaps)	7
Species	Lactarius acris (Bolton) Gray, 1821 (a milkcap)						4
Species	Lactarius azonites (Bull.) Fr., 1838 (a milkcap)		2				4
Species	Lactarius fuliginosus (Fr.) Fr., 1838 (Sooty Milkcap)						1
Species	Lactarius picinus Fr., 1838 (a milkcap)					1
Species	Lactarius pterosporus Romagn., 1949 (a milkcap)						5
Species	Lactarius romagnesii Bon, 1979 (a milkcap)						3
Species	Lactarius ruginosus Romagn., 1957 (a milkcap)						3
Subgenus	Russularia (Fr.) Kauffman (a group of milkcaps)	18	52	55	39		47

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

General Works

Lactarius may also be covered by literature listed under:

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Lactarius:

		is associate of larva	Mydaea humeralis - a muscid fly (Diptera: Muscidae)		d’Assis-Fonseca, E.C.M., 1968
	basidiome (decaying)	decaying basidiome is decayed by fruitbody	Collybia cirrhata - Piggyback Shanklet (Agaricales: Tricholomataceae)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	basidiome (decaying)	decaying basidiome is decayed by sclerotium	Collybia tuberosa - Lentil Shanklet (Agaricales: Tricholomataceae)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	basidiome (mummified)	mummified basidiome is decayed by fruitbody	Collybia cirrhata - Piggyback Shanklet (Agaricales: Tricholomataceae)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	basidiome (mummified)	mummified basidiome is decayed by sclerotium	Collybia tuberosa - Lentil Shanklet (Agaricales: Tricholomataceae)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	fruitbody (rotted)	rotted fruitbody is decayed by subiculate perithecium	Hypomyces ochraceus - an ascomycete (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
	fruitbody	fruitbody is parasitised by Verticillium anamorph	Hypomyces ochraceus - an ascomycete (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
	fruitbody	fruitbody is parasitised by subiculate, gregarious perithecium	Hypomyces viridis - an ascomycete fungus (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
	fruitbody	fruitbody is parasitised by sporangium	Syzygites megalocarpus - Toadstool Pin Mould (Mucorales: Mucoraceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998

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

References