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Lactarius distantifolius

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Agaricomycetes

Family
  
Russulaceae

Rank
  
Species

Division
  
Basidiomycota

Order
  
Russulales

Genus
  
Lactarius

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Lactarius distantifolius is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. Found in Chiang Mai Province (northern Thailand), it was described as new to science in 2010. The fruit bodies of the fungus were found growing in a teak plantation (elevation 515 metres (1,690 ft)) with Dipterocarpus obtusifolius and other Dipterocarpus species, Pterocarpus macrocarpus, and Shorea species.

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Lactarius distantifolius Wikipedia