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Lactarius Pers., Tent. Disp. Meth. Fung. 63 (1797)
Lactarius Pers. 1797

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Uncertain
Present
New Zealand
Political Region
Present
New Zealand
Political Region

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Pers.
Pers.
1797
63
as 'Lactaria'
conserved
ICN
Lactarius Pers. 1797
genus
Lactarius

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Lactarius

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Lactarius Pers. 1797

Spore print white or yellow. Cap about 5-10 cm diam., slightly sunken towards the centre, surface often velvety, most species pale orange (salmon) or dark brown. Flesh brittle, snaps easily, exudates a white or yellowish sticky liquid when broken. Stipe similar in colour to cap, cylindric or tapering slightly towards the base, no ring.

Lactarius species are ectomycorrhizal, always found on the soil close to their host trees. The indigenous species are confined to either Nothofagus forests or to stands of tea-tree, where they are often found in large numbers in the autumn. L. clarkeae and L. umerensis are orange in colour, L. sepaceus is dark brown, L. maruiaensis is yellowish, while L. tawai is variable in colour (orangish, reddish, purplish) but distinctive because of the concentric zoned pattern of the cap.

The exotic species include three species under silver birch (L. pubescens with whitish to pale orange cap, L. glyciosmus and L. turpis with dark caps, L. glyciosmus with a distinctive coconut odour), and L. deliciosus at a few sites in the southern South Island under pines.

A truffle-like fungus related to the mushrooms genus Lactarius. As with these mushrooms, the flesh of Zelleromyces oozes a white sap when cut. Ectomycorrhizal.

A single New Zealand species.

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Gastrolactarius R. Heim ex J.M. Vidal (2005) [2004]
Lactarius Pers. 1797
Lactarius Pers. (1797)
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Lactarius Pers. 1797
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Lactarius Pers. (1797)
Zelleromyces Singer & A.H. Sm. (1960)

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Lactarius Pers. 1797
Canada
Lactarius Pers. 1797
New Zealand
Lactarius Pers. 1797
New Zealand
Auckland
Lactarius Pers. 1797
New Zealand
Buller
Lactarius Pers. 1797
New Zealand
Dunedin
Lactarius Pers. 1797
New Zealand
Fiordland
Lactarius Pers. 1797
New Zealand
Marlborough
Lactarius Pers. 1797
New Zealand
Mid Canterbury
Lactarius Pers. 1797
New Zealand
Nelson
Lactarius Pers. 1797
New Zealand
North Canterbury
Lactarius Pers. 1797
New Zealand
Otago Lakes
Lactarius Pers. 1797
New Zealand
Taupo
Lactarius Pers. 1797
New Zealand
Wellington
Lactarius Pers. 1797
United States

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scientific name
Names_Fungi
1 January 2001
18 October 2022
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