Saffron Milk-Cap
Lactarius deliciosus (L.) Gray
A species in the family Russulaceae, order Russulales. Recorded under 38 common names across 14 languages.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Russulales
- Family
- Russulaceae
- Genus
- Lactarius
What it is called
- English
- Saffron Milk-Cap, Saffron Milkcap
- Swedish
- läcker riska, läckerriska, tallblodriska
- Norwegian
- furumatriske, riska, riske
- Finnish
- männynleppärousku
- German
- Echter Reizker
- French
- Lactaire délicieuse
- Basque
- esne gorri, esne-gorri, esnegorri
- Catalan
- Paracha, Pinatell, Rovelló
- Chinese
- 松乳菇
- Czech
- ryzec pravý
- Dutch
- Smakelijke melkzwam
- Slovenian
- užitna sirovka
- Spanish
- Mízcalo, Níscalo, enilado de ocote
- Welsh
- Cap Llaeth Saffrwm
Also known as
Older literature may use these names. They all refer to the same species.
- Agaricus deliciosus L.
- Agaricus deliciosus var. lamelliporus Barla
- Agaricus lactifluus subsp. deliciosus (L.) Pers., 1801
- Amanita deliciosa (L.) Roussel
- Galorrheus deliciosus (L.) P.Kumm.
- Lactarius laeticolor (S.Imai) Imazeki
- Lactarius lamelliporus Barla
- Lactarius lateritius Pers.
- Lactifluus deliciosus (L.) Kuntze
Others in Lactarius
Classification and names from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (CC-BY 4.0).
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