Lactarius distantifolius

Lactarius distantifolius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Russulaceae
Genus: Lactarius
Species: L. distantifolius
Binomial name
Lactarius distantifolius
Van de Putte, Stubbe & Verbeken (2010)

Lactarius distantifolius is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. Found in Chiang Mai Province (northern Thailand), it was described as new to science in 2010. The fruit bodies of the fungus were found growing in a teak plantation (elevation 515 metres (1,690 ft)) with Dipterocarpus obtusifolius and other Dipterocarpus species, Pterocarpus macrocarpus, and Shorea species.[1]

See also

References

  1. Van de Putte K, Nuytinck J, Stubbe D, Thanh Le H, Verbeken A. (2010). "Lactarius volemus sensu lato (Russulales) from northern Thailand: morphological and phylogenetic species concepts explored". Fungal Diversity 45 (1): 99–130. doi:10.1007/s13225-010-0070-0.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, March 22, 2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.