Lactarius chromospermus

Lactarius chromospermus is a tropical African member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the family Russulaceae, first described scientifically by David Pegler in 1982.[1]

Lactarius chromospermus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Russulales
Family:
Russulaceae
Genus:
Lactarius
Species:
L. chromospermus
Binomial name
Lactarius chromospermus
Pegler (1982)

The species is unique both in the genus Lactarius and the family Russulaceae in having a chocolate brown spore print, which also gives the gills a brown colour and lets the fungus resemble species of the genus Agaricus.[2] These distinct features might justify placing the species in its own section or subgenus within Lactarius.[2]

L. chromospermus is found in Miombo woodland, where it probably forms ectomycorrhiza with legumes of the genus Brachystegia.[2] It seems to be a rare species; apart from the original collection made in Zambia,[1] it has also been found in Burundi and Tanzania.[2]

L. chromospermus is not regarded as edible species: In Kirundi, it is known as isigazi, a collective name used for inedible mushrooms.[2]

See also

List of Lactarius species

References
  1. Pegler DN. (1982). "Agaricoid and boletoid fungi (Basidiomycota) from Malawi and Zambia". Kew Bulletin. 37 (2): 255–71. doi:10.2307/4109968. JSTOR 4109968.
  2. Buyck B, Verbeken A. (1995). "Studies in tropical African Lactarius species, 2: Lactarius chromospermus Pegler". Mycotaxon. 56: 427–442.


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