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Lactarius Pers., 1797

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS

Classification

kingdom
Fungi
phylum
Basidiomycota
class
Agaricomycetes
order
Russulales
family
Russulaceae
genus
Lactarius

Name

Synonyms
Galorrheus (E.M.Fries) E.M.Fries, 1825
Gloeocybe Earle, 1909
Hypophyllum F.S.Earle, 1909
Lactaria Persoon, 1797
Lactariella J.Schröter, 1889
Lactariopsis P.C.Hennings, 1901
Homonyms
Lactarius Valenciennes, 1833
Lactarius Pers., 1797
Common names
Lactaires in French
Milkcaps in English
Milkcaps in English
Mælkehat in Danish
delupo del mitissimus in Spanish
milkcaps in English
rouskut in Finnish
Common Milkcaps in English
Common Milkcaps in English
risker in Nynorsk, Norwegian
risker in Norwegian Bokmål

Bibliographic References

  1. Buyck, Hofstetter, Verbeken & Walleyn (2010) (1919) Proposal to conserve Lactarius nom. cons. (Basidiomycota) with a conserved type
  2. De Crop, Nuytinck, Van de Putte, Wisitrassameewong, Hackel, Stubbe, Hyde, Roy, Halling, Moreau, Eberhardt & Verbeken (2017) A multi-gene phylogeny of Lactifluus (Basidiomycota, Russulales) translated into a new infrageneric classification of the genus
  3. Dyntaxa (2024) Name originating in Dyntaxa
  4. Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature] (2007 version).
  5. Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature] (2007 version).
  6. Index Fungorum (May 2009 version).
  7. Index Fungorum (May 2009 version).
  8. Index Fungorum (May 2009 version).
  9. Index Fungorum (May 2009 version).
  10. Index fungorum
  11. Persoon (1797) Tentamen dispositionis methodicæ (methodicae) fungorum in classes, ordines, genera et familias
  12. Robert, Stegehuis & Stalpers (2011) The MycoBank engine and related databases.
  13. Robert, Stegehuis & Stalpers. (2019) The MycoBank engine and related databases
  14. Rocabruna,A. ( 1983). Excursions, Butl.Soc.Catalana Micol.Butl.Soc.Catalana Micol.7:11 <1658>
  15. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Landcare Research-NZ & Chinese Academy of Science (2019) Index Fungorum
  16. SN2000/Shaffer, 1982
  17. Wijayawardene (2024) Outline of Fungi
  18. as per family
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