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]
| Lactifluus aurantioruber | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | Russulaceae |
| Genus: | Lactifluus |
| Species: | L. aurantioruber
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| Binomial name | |
| Lactifluus aurantioruber (McNabb) Cooper (2021)
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Lactifluus albens | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex |
 | Hymenium is adnate |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
 | Edibility is unknown |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 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. S2CID 238939126.
External links edit
Data related to Lactifluus aurantioruber at Wikispecies
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