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Lactarius indigo, the Glossary

Lactarius indigo, commonly known as the indigo milk cap, indigo milky, indigo lactarius, blue lactarius, or blue milk mushroom, is a species of agaric fungus in the family Russulaceae.^[1]

111 relations: Agaric, Agaricus bisporus, Alexander H. Smith, Alnus jorullensis, Amino acid, Amyloid (mycology), Analytical chemistry, Appalachian Mountains, Arizona, Azulene, Basidiocarp, Basidiospore, Basidium, Biological carbon fixation, Biomineralization, Blusher, Botanical name, Brazoria County, Texas, California, Carpinus caroliniana, Chamazulene, Common name, Conifer, Costa Rica, Cystidium, David Arora, Deciduous, Derivative (chemistry), Dietary fiber, Edible mushroom, Elias Magnus Fries, Enzyme, Eurasia, Exsudoporus frostii, Fatty acid, Field guide, Floodplain, Guadalajara, Guatemala, Guatemalan cuisine, Gulf Coast of the United States, Honduras, Hyaline, Hymenium, Hypha, Indigo, Kansas, Lactarius, Lactarius chelidonium, Lactarius cyanescens, ... Expand index (61 more) »
Fungi described in 1822

Agaric

An agaric is a type of fungus fruiting body characterized by the presence of a pileus (cap) that is clearly differentiated from the stipe (stalk), with lamellae (gills) on the underside of the pileus.

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Agaricus bisporus

Agaricus bisporus, commonly known as the cultivated mushroom, is a basidiomycete mushroom native to grasslands in Eurasia and North America. Lactarius indigo and Agaricus bisporus are edible fungi and fungi of North America.

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Alexander H. Smith

Alexander Hanchett Smith (December 12, 1904 – December 12, 1986) was an American mycologist known for his extensive contributions to the taxonomy and phylogeny of the higher fungi, especially the agarics.

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Alnus jorullensis

Alnus jorullensis, commonly known as Mexican alder, is an evergreen or semi-evergreen alder, native to eastern and southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras.

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Amino acid

Amino acids are organic compounds that contain both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups.

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Amyloid (mycology)

In mycology a tissue or feature is said to be amyloid if it has a positive amyloid reaction when subjected to a crude chemical test using iodine as an ingredient of either Melzer's reagent or Lugol's solution, producing a blue to blue-black staining.

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Analytical chemistry

Analytical chemistry studies and uses instruments and methods to separate, identify, and quantify matter.

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Appalachian Mountains

The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, are a mountain range in eastern to northeastern North America.

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Arizona

Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States.

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Azulene

Azulene is an aromatic organic compound and an isomer of naphthalene.

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Basidiocarp

In fungi, a basidiocarp, basidiome, or basidioma is the sporocarp of a basidiomycete, the multicellular structure on which the spore-producing hymenium is borne.

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Basidiospore

A basidiospore is a reproductive spore produced by basidiomycete fungi, a grouping that includes mushrooms, shelf fungi, rusts, and smuts.

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Basidium

A basidium (basidia) is a microscopic spore-producing structure found on the hymenophore of reproductive bodies of basidiomycete fungi.

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Biological carbon fixation

Biological carbon fixation, or сarbon assimilation, is the process by which living organisms convert inorganic carbon (particularly carbon dioxide) to organic compounds.

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Biomineralization

Biomineralization, also written biomineralisation, is the process by which living organisms produce minerals, often resulting in hardened or stiffened mineralized tissues.

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Blusher

The blusher is the common name for several closely related species of the genus Amanita.

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Botanical name

A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) and, if it concerns a plant cultigen, the additional cultivar or Group epithets must conform to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP).

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Brazoria County, Texas

Brazoria County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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Carpinus caroliniana

Carpinus caroliniana, the American hornbeam, is a small hardwood understory tree in the genus Carpinus.

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Chamazulene

Chamazulene is an aromatic chemical compound with the molecular formula C14H16 found in a variety of plants including in chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla), wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), and yarrow (Achillea millefolium).

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Common name

In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism, which is often based in Latin.

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Conifer

Conifers are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms.

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Costa Rica

Costa Rica (literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in the Central American region of North America.

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Cystidium

A cystidium (cystidia) is a relatively large cell found on the sporocarp of a basidiomycete (for example, on the surface of a mushroom gill), often between clusters of basidia.

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David Arora

David Arora (born October 23, 1952)Barnard J. 1993.

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Deciduous

In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flowering; and to the shedding of ripe fruit.

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Derivative (chemistry)

In chemistry, a derivative is a compound that is derived from a similar compound by a chemical reaction.

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Dietary fiber

Dietary fiber (fibre in Commonwealth English) or roughage is the portion of plant-derived food that cannot be completely broken down by human digestive enzymes.

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Edible mushroom

Edible mushrooms are the fleshy fruit bodies of several species of macrofungi (fungi that bear fruiting structures large enough to be seen with the naked eye). Lactarius indigo and Edible mushroom are edible fungi.

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Elias Magnus Fries

Elias Magnus Fries (15 August 1794 – 8 February 1878) was a Swedish mycologist and botanist.

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Enzyme

Enzymes are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions.

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Eurasia

Eurasia is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia.

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Exsudoporus frostii

Exsudoporus frostii (formerly Boletus frostii), commonly known as Frost's bolete or the apple bolete, is a bolete fungus first described scientifically in 1874. Lactarius indigo and Exsudoporus frostii are edible fungi, fungi of Central America and fungi of North America.

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Fatty acid

In chemistry, particularly in biochemistry, a fatty acid is a carboxylic acid with an aliphatic chain, which is either saturated or unsaturated.

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Field guide

A field guide is a book designed to help the reader identify wildlife (flora or fauna or funga) or other objects of natural occurrence (e.g. rocks and minerals).

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Floodplain

A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river.

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Guadalajara

Guadalajara is a city in western Mexico and the capital of the state of Jalisco.

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Guatemala

Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America.

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Guatemalan cuisine

Most traditional foods in Guatemalan cuisine are based on Mexican and Maya cuisine, with Spanish influence, and prominently feature corn, chilies and beans as key ingredients.

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Gulf Coast of the United States

The Gulf Coast of the United States, also known as the Gulf South or the South Coast, is the coastline along the Southern United States where they meet the Gulf of Mexico.

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Honduras

Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America.

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Hyaline

A hyaline substance is one with a glassy appearance.

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Hymenium

The hymenium is the tissue layer on the hymenophore of a fungal fruiting body where the cells develop into basidia or asci, which produce spores.

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Hypha

A hypha (hyphae) is a long, branching, filamentous structure of a fungus, oomycete, or actinobacterium.

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Indigo

Indigo is a term used for a number of hues in the region of blue.

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Kansas

Kansas is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Lactarius

Lactarius is a genus of mushroom-producing, ectomycorrhizal fungi, containing several edible species.

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Lactarius chelidonium

Lactarius chelidonium is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. Lactarius indigo and Lactarius chelidonium are fungi of North America and Lactarius.

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Lactarius cyanescens

Lactarius cyanescens is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. Lactarius indigo and Lactarius cyanescens are fungi of Asia and Lactarius.

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Lactarius deliciosus

Lactarius deliciosus, commonly known as the delicious milk cap, saffron milk cap, or red pine mushroom, is one of the best known members of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. Lactarius indigo and Lactarius deliciosus are edible fungi and Lactarius.

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Lactarius lazulinus

Lactarius lazulinus is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. Lactarius indigo and Lactarius lazulinus are Lactarius.

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Lactarius mirabilis

Lactarius mirabilis is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. Lactarius indigo and Lactarius mirabilis are Lactarius.

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Lactarius paradoxus

Lactarius paradoxus is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. Lactarius indigo and Lactarius paradoxus are edible fungi and Lactarius.

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Lactarius quieticolor

Lactarius quieticolor is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. Lactarius indigo and Lactarius quieticolor are Lactarius.

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Lamella (mycology)

In mycology, a lamella (lamellae), or gill, is a papery hymenophore rib under the cap of some mushroom species, most often agarics.

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Latex

Latex is an emulsion (stable dispersion) of polymer microparticles in water.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Lewis David de Schweinitz

Lewis David de Schweinitz (13 February 1780 – 8 February 1834) was a German-American botanist and mycologist from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

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Lexemuel Ray Hesler

Lexemuel Ray Hesler (20 February 1888 – 20 November 1977) was an American mycologist.

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Liquidambar

Liquidambar, commonly called sweetgum (star gum in the UK), gum, redgum, satin-walnut, or American storax, is the only genus in the flowering plant family Altingiaceae and has 15 species.

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List of Lactarius species

The fungal genus Lactarius comprises about 636 species worldwide. Lactarius indigo and List of Lactarius species are Lactarius.

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Macrofungi of Guatemala

Guatemala is one of the richest biodiversity hotspots in the world. Lactarius indigo and Macrofungi of Guatemala are edible fungi.

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Marination

Marinating is the process of soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

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Matricin

Matricin is a sesquiterpene.

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Micrometre

The micrometre (Commonwealth English) as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: μm) or micrometer (American English), also commonly known by the non-SI term micron, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI) equalling (SI standard prefix "micro-".

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Mineral

In geology and mineralogy, a mineral or mineral species is, broadly speaking, a solid substance with a fairly well-defined chemical composition and a specific crystal structure that occurs naturally in pure form.

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Mutualism (biology)

Mutualism describes the ecological interaction between two or more species where each species has a net benefit.

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Mycelium

Mycelium (mycelia) is a root-like structure of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching, thread-like hyphae.

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Mycorrhiza

A mycorrhiza (mycorrhiza, or mycorrhizas) is a symbiotic association between a fungus and a plant.

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Nature (journal)

Nature is a British weekly scientific journal founded and based in London, England.

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Neotropical realm

The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface.

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Oak

An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus Quercus of the beech family.

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Optical microscope

The optical microscope, also referred to as a light microscope, is a type of microscope that commonly uses visible light and a system of lenses to generate magnified images of small objects.

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Organic compound

Some chemical authorities define an organic compound as a chemical compound that contains a carbon–hydrogen or carbon–carbon bond; others consider an organic compound to be any chemical compound that contains carbon.

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Ostrya virginiana

Ostrya virginiana, the American hophornbeam, is a species of Ostrya native to eastern North America, from Nova Scotia west to southern Manitoba and eastern Wyoming, southeast to northern Florida and southwest to eastern Texas.

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Otto Kuntze

Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze (23 June 1843 – 27 January 1907) was a German botanist.

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Peninsular Malaysia

Peninsular Malaysia, historically known as Malaya, also known as West Malaysia or the "Malaysian Peninsula", is the western part of Malaysia that comprises the southern part of the Malay Peninsula on Mainland Southeast Asia and the nearby islands.

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Pileus (mycology)

The pileus is the technical name for the cap, or cap-like part, of a basidiocarp or ascocarp (fungal fruiting body) that supports a spore-bearing surface, the hymenium.

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Pine

A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus Pinus of the family Pinaceae.

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Pinus ayacahuite

Pinus ayacahuite, also called ayacahuite pine and Mexican white pine, (family Pinaceae) is a species of pine native to the mountains of southern Mexico and western Central America, in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains and the eastern end of the Eje Volcánico Transversal, between 14° and 21°N latitude in the Mexican states of Guerrero, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz and Chiapas, and in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.

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Pinus halepensis

Pinus halepensis, commonly known as the Aleppo pine, also known as the Jerusalem pine, is a pine native to the Mediterranean region.

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Pinus hartwegii

Pinus hartwegii (syn. P. rudis, P. donnell-smithii), Hartweg's pine, the Mexican mountain pine, or pino de las alturas, is a pine native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America east to Honduras.

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Pinus nigra

Pinus nigra, the Austrian pine or black pine, is a moderately variable species of pine, occurring across Southern Europe from the Iberian Peninsula to the eastern Mediterranean, on the Anatolian peninsula of Turkey, Corsica and Cyprus, as well as Crimea and in the high mountains of Northwest Africa.

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Pinus oocarpa

Pinus oocarpa is a species of pine tree native to Mexico and Central America.

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Pinus pinaster

Pinus pinaster, the maritime pine or cluster pine, is a pine native to the south Atlantic Europe region and parts of the western Mediterranean.

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Pinus ponderosa

Pinus ponderosa, commonly known as the ponderosa pine, bull pine, blackjack pine, western yellow-pine, or filipinus pine, is a very large pine tree species of variable habitat native to mountainous regions of western North America.

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Pinus pseudostrobus

Pinus pseudostrobus, known in English as the smooth-bark Mexican pine and in Spanish as chamite or pacingo, is a tree found in forests of Mexico and Central America.

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Pinus sylvestris

Pinus sylvestris, the Scots pine (UK), Scotch pine (US), Baltic pine, or European red pine is a species of tree in the pine family Pinaceae that is native to Eurasia.

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Pinus taeda

Pinus taeda, commonly known as loblolly pine, is one of several pines native to the Southeastern United States, from East Texas to Florida, and north to southern New Jersey.

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Puebla

Puebla (colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla (Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico.

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Quercus humboldtii

Quercus humboldtii, commonly known as the Andean oak, Colombian oak or roble, is a species of oak found only in Colombia and Panamá.

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Ramaria flava

Ramaria flava, is a yellow coral mushroom found in Europe. Lactarius indigo and Ramaria flava are edible fungi.

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Revisio Generum Plantarum

Revisio Generum Plantarum, also known by its standard botanical abbreviation Revis.

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Russulaceae

The Russulaceae are a diverse family of fungi in the order Russulales, with roughly 1,900 known species and a worldwide distribution.

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Scanning electron microscope

A scanning electron microscope (SEM) is a type of electron microscope that produces images of a sample by scanning the surface with a focused beam of electrons.

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Sesquiterpene

Sesquiterpenes are a class of terpenes that consist of three isoprene units and often have the molecular formula C15H24.

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Species distribution

Species distribution, or species dispersion, is the manner in which a biological taxon is spatially arranged.

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Spore print

Making a spore print of the mushroom ''Volvariella volvacea'' shown in composite: (photo lower half) mushroom cap laid on white and dark paper; (photo upper half) cap removed after 24 hours showing pinkish-tan spore print. A 3.5-centimeter glass slide placed in middle allows for examination of spore characteristics under a microscope.

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Stearic acid

Stearic acid is a saturated fatty acid with an 18-carbon chain.

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Stipe (mycology)

In mycology, a stipe is the stem or stalk-like feature supporting the cap of a mushroom.

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Subgenus

In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.

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Subtropics

The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical and climate zones to the north and south of the tropics.

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Trama (mycology)

In mycology, the term trama is used in two ways.

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Type species

In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen (or specimens).

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Veracruz

Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactarius_indigo

Also known as Blue Lactarius, Blue milk mushroom, Indigo Lactarius, Indigo milk cap, L. indigo.

, Lactarius deliciosus, Lactarius lazulinus, Lactarius mirabilis, Lactarius paradoxus, Lactarius quieticolor, Lamella (mycology), Latex, Latin, Lewis David de Schweinitz, Lexemuel Ray Hesler, Liquidambar, List of Lactarius species, Macrofungi of Guatemala, Marination, Matricin, Micrometre, Mineral, Mutualism (biology), Mycelium, Mycorrhiza, Nature (journal), Neotropical realm, Oak, Optical microscope, Organic compound, Ostrya virginiana, Otto Kuntze, Peninsular Malaysia, Pileus (mycology), Pine, Pinus ayacahuite, Pinus halepensis, Pinus hartwegii, Pinus nigra, Pinus oocarpa, Pinus pinaster, Pinus ponderosa, Pinus pseudostrobus, Pinus sylvestris, Pinus taeda, Puebla, Quercus humboldtii, Ramaria flava, Revisio Generum Plantarum, Russulaceae, Scanning electron microscope, Sesquiterpene, Species distribution, Spore print, Stearic acid, Stipe (mycology), Subgenus, Subtropics, Trama (mycology), Type species, Veracruz, Virginia, Water content, Wet season, Xalapa, Yunnan.

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Fungi described in 1822

References