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1280 species found in genus, Lactarius
KingdomFungi
PhylumBasidiomycota
ClassAgaricomycetes
SubclassIncertae sedis
OrderRussulales
FamilyRussulaceae
GenusLactarius Pers. 1797
Species
Species (Accepted)Lactarius abbotanus K. Das & J.R. Sharma 2003
Species (Accepted)Lactarius abieticola X.H. Wang 2016
Species (Accepted)Lactarius acatlanensis Bandala, Montoya & Ant. Ramos 2016
Species (Accepted)Lactarius acerrimus Britzelm. 1893
Species (Synonym)Lactarius acerrimus f. scrobipileus Bidaud & Fillion 2012
Species (Synonym)Lactarius acicularis Van de Putte & Verbeken 2010
Species (Accepted)Lactarius acrigalus X.H. Wang & S.Q. Cao 2025
Species (Accepted)Lactarius acris (Bolton) Gray 1821
Species (Synonym)Lactarius acris var. luridus (Pers.) Bataille 1908
Species (Synonym)Lactarius acrissimus Verbeken & Van Rooij 2003
Species (Accepted)Lactarius acutus R. Heim 1955
Species (Accepted)Lactarius adhaerens R. Heim 1938
Species (Synonym)Lactarius adustus Rick 1938
Species (Accepted)Lactarius aerugineus (Lam.) Burl. 1907
Species (Accepted)Lactarius aestivus Nuytinck & Ammirati 2014
Species (Synonym)Lactarius affinis var. viridilactis (Kauffman) Hesler & A.H. Sm. 1979
Species (Synonym)Lactarius afroscrobiculatus Verbeken & Van Rooij 2003
Species (Accepted)Lactarius agglutinatus Burl. 1908
Species (Synonym)Lactarius akahatsu Nobuj. Tanaka 1890
Species (Accepted)Lactarius akanensis S. Imai 1935
Species (Accepted)Lactarius alachuanus Murrill 1938
Species (Synonym)Lactarius alachuanus var. amarissimus (Murrill) Hesler & A.H. Sm. 1979
Species (Accepted)Lactarius albidigalus X.H. Wang 2018
Species (Accepted)Lactarius albidoarmeniacus H. Lee, Wisitr. & Y.W. Lim 2019
Species (Accepted)Lactarius albidocinereus X.H. Wang, S.F. Shi & T. Bau 2018
Species (Synonym)Lactarius albidopallens (J.E. Lange) J. Blum 1976
Species (Synonym)Lactarius albivellus Romagn. 1980
Species (Accepted)Lactarius albocarneus Britzelm. 1895
Species (Synonym)Lactarius albocarneus var. glutinovirens (J. Blum) Bon 1985
Species (Synonym)Lactarius albocinctus Verbeken 2000
Species (Accepted)Lactarius albocremeus Z. Schaef. 1958
Species (Accepted)Lactarius albolutescens Thiers 1957
Species (Accepted)Lactarius alboroseus H. Lee, Wisitr. & Y.W. Lim 2019
Species (Accepted)Lactarius alboscrobiculatus H.T. Le & Verbeken 2007
Species (Synonym)Lactarius alboscrobiculatus var. roseopurpureus H.T. Le & Verbeken 2007
Species (Accepted)Lactarius albus Velen. 1920
Species (Synonym)Lactarius albus Thiers 1957
Species (Synonym)Lactarius allardii Coker 1918
Species (Accepted)Lactarius allochrous Singer 1948
Species (Accepted)Lactarius alni Singer 1962
Species (Accepted)Lactarius alnicola A.H. Sm. 1960
Species (Synonym)Lactarius alnicola var. pitkinensis Hesler & A.H. Sm. 1979
Species (Synonym)Lactarius alnicola var. pungens Hesler & A.H. Sm. 1979
Species (Synonym)Lactarius alpicola (Neuhoff) J. Blum 1976
Species (Accepted)Lactarius alpinihirtipes X.H. Wang 2017
Species (Accepted)Lactarius alpinus Peck 1875
Species (Synonym)Lactarius alpinus var. mitis Hesler & A.H. Sm. 1979
Species (Accepted)Lactarius alutaceus H. Lee, Wisitr. & Y.W. Lim 2019
Species (Synonym)Lactarius amarissimus Murrill 1943
Species (Accepted)Lactarius amarus R. Heim 1938
Species (Synonym)Lactarius amazonensis Singer 1983
Species (Accepted)Lactarius ambiguus X.H. Wang 2018
Species (Accepted)Lactarius angiocarpus Verbeken & U. Eberh. 2004
Species (Accepted)Lactarius angustifolius Hesler & A.H. Sm. 1979
Species (Synonym)Lactarius angustissimus (Lasch) Peck 1869
Species (Accepted)Lactarius angustizonatus X.H. Wang 2017
Species (Synonym)Lactarius angustus R. Heim & Gooss.-Font. 1955
Species (Accepted)Lactarius annulatipes X.H. Wang 2025
Species (Synonym)Lactarius annulatoangustifolius (Beeli) Buyck 1989
Species (Synonym)Lactarius annulifer Singer 1983
Species (Accepted)Lactarius annulocystidiatus Sonia Sharma, M. Kaur & Atri 2013
Species (Synonym)Lactarius aquifluus Peck 1876
Species (Synonym)Lactarius aquifluus var. brevissimus Peck 1898
Species (Accepted)Lactarius aquizonatus Kytöv. 1984
Species (Accepted)Lactarius aquosus H.T. Le & K.D. Hyde 2015
Species (Accepted)Lactarius arachnisporus R. Heim & Perr.-Bertr. 1973
Species (Accepted)Lactarius aranyi Schulzer 1870
Species (Synonym)Lactarius arcuatus Murrill 1941
Species (Accepted)Lactarius areolatus Hesler & A.H. Sm. 1979
Species (Synonym)Lactarius argematus (Fr.) Fr. 1838
Species (Synonym)Lactarius argematus var. connatus Bres. & Schulzer 1885
Species (Accepted)Lactarius argillaceifolius Hesler & A.H. Sm. 1979
Species (Synonym)Lactarius argillaceifolius var. dissimilis Hesler & A.H. Sm. 1979
Species (Synonym)Lactarius argillaceifolius var. megacarpus Hesler & A.H. Sm. 1979
Species (Accepted)Lactarius argillascens A. Pearson ex J. Blum 1966
Species (Accepted)Lactarius aroostookensis Hesler & A.H. Sm. 1979
Species (Synonym)Lactarius arsenei R. Heim 1938
Species (Accepted)Lactarius asiae-orientalis X.H. Wang 2018
Species (Synonym)Lactarius aspideoides Burl. 1907
Species (Synonym)Lactarius aspideoides Kühner 1975
Species (Accepted)Lactarius aspideus (Fr.) Fr. 1838
Species (Synonym)Lactarius aspideus subsp. aspideoides (Burl.) Singer 1942
Species (Synonym)Lactarius aspideus var. flavidus (Boud.) Neuhoff 1956
Species (Synonym)Lactarius aspideus var. hometii (Gillet) Nüesch 1921
Species (Accepted)Lactarius atlanticus Bon 1975
Species (Synonym)Lactarius atlanticus f. strigipes Bon 1976
Species (Accepted)Lactarius atrii Van de Putte & K. Das 2016
Species (Accepted)Lactarius atrobadius Hesler & A.H. Sm. 1979
Species (Accepted)Lactarius atrobrunneus Wisitr. & K.D. Hyde 2015
Species (Accepted)Lactarius atrofuscus X.H. Wang 2021
Species (Accepted)Lactarius atromarginatus Verbeken & E. Horak 2000
Species (Accepted)Lactarius atro-olivaceus Hesler & A.H. Sm. 1979
Species (Accepted)Lactarius atro-olivinus Verbeken & Walleyn 2000
Species (Accepted)Lactarius atrosquamulosus X. He 1996
Species (Accepted)Lactarius atrotomentosus Schwalb 1895
Species (Synonym)Lactarius atrovelutinus J.Z. Ying 1991
Species (Accepted)Lactarius atroviolaceus Montoya & Bandala 2003
Species (Accepted)Lactarius atroviridis Peck 1889
Species (Accepted)Lactarius aurantiaco-ochraceus Lj.N. Vassiljeva 1950
Species (Accepted)Lactarius aurantiacopallens H. Lee, Wisitr. & Y.W. Lim 2019