Updated taxonomy of LactifluussectionLuteoli: L.russulisporus from Australia and L.caliendrifer from Thailand

MycoKeys. 2019 Jul 10:56:13-32. doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.56.35204. eCollection 2019.

Abstract

Lactifluusrussulisporus Dierickx & De Crop and Lactifluuscaliendrifer Froyen & De Crop are described from eucalypt forests in Queensland, Australia and different forest types in Thailand, respectively. Both species have recently been published on Index Fungorum and fit morphologically and molecularly in L.sect.Luteoli, a section within L.subg.Gymnocarpi that encompasses species with alboochraceous basidiomes, white latex that stains brown and typical capitate elements in the pileipellis and/or marginal cells.

Keywords: Leptocystidia; Russulaceae; Ectomycorrhizal fungi; milkcaps; paracystidia; phylogeny; sterile elements; taxonomy.