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Lactarius piperatus (L.) Pers., 1797 (Peppery Milkcap)

Suggested Literature

Lactarius piperatus 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 piperatus is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Quercus - oaks (Fagaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Lactarius piperatus:

fruitbody (old) old fruitbody is decayed by effuse colony of Amblyosporium anamorph Amblyosporium spongiosum - an anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
fruitbody fruitbody is associate of larva Fannia difficilis - a lesser house fly (Diptera: Fanniidae) van Emden, F.I., 1954

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

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
van Emden, F.I., 1954 Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae

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