Lactifluus aurantioruber

Lactifluus aurantioruber
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Russulaceae
Genus: Lactifluus
Species:
L. aurantioruber
Binomial name
Lactifluus aurantioruber
(McNabb) Cooper (2021)
Synonyms
  • Lactifluus clarkeae var. aurantioruber McNabb
Lactifluus aurantioruber
Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is adnate
Stipe is bare
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is unknown

Lactifluus aurantioruber is a species of mushroom in the family Russulaceae. It originally described by McNabb as Lactifluus clarkeae var. aurantioruber in 1971, named for its reddish-orange colour. Jerry A. Cooper raised this variety to species-rank in 2021, thus acquiring the name Lactifluus aurantioruber. The type locality is Tongariro National Park, New Zealand.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Lebel, T.; Douch, J.; Tegart, L.; Vaughan, L.; Cooper, J. A.; Nuytinck, J. (2020). "Untangling the Lactifluus clarkeae - Lf. flocktoniae (Russulaceae) species complex in Australasia". Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi. 47: 1–44. doi:10.3767/persoonia.2021.47.01. hdl:1854/LU-01H25EDPYXQKSCYHB6DB3AXADP. PMC 10486632. PMID 37693797. S2CID 238939126.