Lactifluus corrugis

Lactifluus corrugis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Russulales
Family:	Russulaceae
Genus:	Lactifluus
Species:	L. corrugis
Binomial name
Lactifluus corrugis (Peck) Kuntze (1891)
Synonyms[1]
Lactarius corrugis Peck (1880)

Lactifluus corrugis Mycological characteristics
	Gills on hymenium
	Cap is convex or depressed
	Hymenium is adnate
	Stipe is bare
	Spore print is white
	Ecology is mycorrhizal
	Edibility is choice

Lactifluus corrugis (formerly Lactarius corrugis), commonly known as the corrugated-cap milky,[2] is an edible species of fungus in the family Russulaceae.[3]

Taxonomy

The species was first described by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck in 1880.[4]

Description

The brownish-red cap is 4–12 centimetres (1+1⁄2–4+3⁄4 in) wide, and is usually dusted by a light bloom (turning dark when touched).[5] The gills are light yellow and leak white latex,[5] which stains brown.[6] The stem is 4–13 cm (1+1⁄2–5 in) long and 1.5–2.5 cm (5⁄8–1 in).[5] The spore print is white.[5]

It resembles Lactifluus volemus,[6] the latex of which also stains brown.[6] Additionally, L. hygrophoroides has a pinkish-orange cap.[5]

Habitat and distribution

The mushroom can be found under oak trees in eastern North America between July and September.[5]

Uses

L. corrugis is considered a choice edible mushroom.[6]

See also

• List of Lactifluus species

References

1. "Lactarius corrugis (Peck) Kuntze (1891)". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
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. Phillips, Roger (2010) [2005]. Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
4. Peck CH. (1879). "Report of the Botanist (1878)". Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History. 32: 17–72.
5. Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
6. 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.