Lactifluus corrugis
| Lactifluus corrugis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | Russulaceae |
| Genus: | Lactifluus |
| Species: | L. corrugis
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| Binomial name | |
| Lactifluus corrugis | |
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Lactifluus corrugis | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex or depressed |
 | Hymenium is adnate |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is white |
 | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
 | Edibility is choice |
Lactifluus corrugis (formerly Lactarius corrugis), commonly known as the corrugated-cap milky,[2] is an edible species of fungus in the family Russulaceae.[3] It was first described by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck in 1880.[4]
Description
Along with Lactifluus volemus, L. corrugis is considered a choice edible mushroom. The latex of both species stains brown.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Lactarius corrugis (Peck) Kuntze (1891)". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
- ^ Bessette AR, Bessette A, Harris DM (2009). Milk Mushrooms of North America: A Field Guide to the Genus Lactarius. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-8156-3229-0.
- ^ Phillips, Roger (2010) [2005]. Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
- ^ Peck CH. (1879). "Report of the Botanist (1878)". Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History. 32: 17–72.
- ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
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