Lactifluus hygrophoroides (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Kuntze

A Milk-cap Mushroom

Synonyms: Lactarius hygrophoroides

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Fungus

Sublevel 1: Dikarya

Sublevel 2: Basidiomycota

✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦

Division: Basidiomycota

Class: Agaricomycetes

Order: Russulales

Family: Russulaceae

Genus: Lactifluus

Species: Lactifluus hygrophoroides

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations:
There are no rarity listings for fungi. The federal government and New England states do not evaluate fungi for rarity.

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Lactifluus hygrophoroides