BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Lactarius helvus (Fr.) Fr., 1838 (Fenugreek Milkcap)
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Henrici, A., 2004 (Colour photograph) | Notes and Records (July 2004) |
Lactarius helvus may also be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Lactarius helvus is associated with:
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fruitbody | Betula - birches (Betulaceae) | fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root | 
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Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on acid soil] |
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fruitbody | Pinopsida - conifers | fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root | Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on acid soil] | |
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fruitbody | Picea - spruces (Pinaceae) | fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root | 
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Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on acid soil] |
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fruitbody | Pinus - pines (Pinaceae) | fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root | 
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Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on acid soil] |
Associated with Lactarius helvus:
| fruitbody (rotted) | rotted fruitbody is decayed by subiculate perithecium | Hypomyces ochraceus - an ascomycete (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae) |
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Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 | |
| fruitbody | fruitbody is parasitised by Verticillium anamorph | Hypomyces ochraceus - an ascomycete (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae) |
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Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 |
Lactarius helvus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
BASIDIOMYCETES (spore droppers) |
Lactarius (milkcap toadstools) |
References
| Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 | Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook |
| Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota |
