Lactarius cinnabarinus

Lactarius cinnabarinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Russulaceae
Genus: Lactarius
Species:
L. cinnabarinus
Binomial name
Lactarius cinnabarinus
Singer & A.H.Sm. (1960)[1] Somrau & M.E. Sm. (2024)
Synonyms

Zelleromyces cinnabarinus Singer & A.H. Sm. (1960)
Lactarius taedae A.G.S. Silva-Filho, Sulzbacher & Wartchow (2018)

Lactarius cinnabarinus is a North American gasteroid fungus species in the family Russulaceae with a cinnabar-red peridium.[1] Up until 2024 it was considered to be the type species of Zelleromyces,[1] and like other members of its genus, it was concidered after phylogenetic studies that it should be transferred to the genus Lactarius.[2][3] It was described from a collection made under pine in Jackson, Louisiana.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Singer R, Smith AH (1960). "Studies on secotiaceous fungi. IX. The astrogastraceous series". Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club. 21 (3): 1–112.
  2. ^ Buyck B, Hofstetter V, Verbeken A, Walleyn R (2010). "Proposal to conserve Lactarius nom. cons. (Basidiomycota) with conserved type". Taxon. 59: 447–453. doi:10.1002/tax.591031.
  3. ^ Verbeken A; Stubbe D; van de Putte K; Eberhardt U; Nuytinck J. (2014). "Tales of the unexpected: angiocarpous representatives of the Russulaceae in tropical South East Asia". Persoonia. 32: 13–24. doi:10.3767/003158514X679119. PMC 4150074. PMID 25264381.