Lactifluus corrugis

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]

Lactifluus corrugis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Russulaceae
Genus: Lactifluus
Species:
L. corrugis
Binomial name
Lactifluus corrugis
(Peck) Kuntze (1891)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lactarius corrugis Peck (1880)
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

Description

Along with Lactifluus volemus, L. corrugis is considered a choice edible mushroom. The latex of both species stains brown.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Lactarius corrugis (Peck) Kuntze (1891)". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
  2. 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.
  3. Phillips, Roger (2010) [2005]. Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
  4. Peck CH. (1879). "Report of the Botanist (1878)". Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History. 32: 17–72.
  5. 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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