Lactarius_corrugis

<i>Lactifluus corrugis</i>

Lactifluus corrugis

Species of fungus

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]

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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. [1]
    "Lactarius corrugis (Peck) Kuntze (1891)". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
  2. [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. [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. [4]
    Peck CH. (1879). "Report of the Botanist (1878)". Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History. 32: 17–72.
  5. [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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