Lactifluus volemus: An Addition to the Fungi of Pakistan

Abstract

Lactifluus volemus (Fr.) Kuntze, an edible mushroom, was collected from moist temperate coniferous forests of Miandam Valley, Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The species is reported and described for the first time from Pakistan. Distinguishing features are reddish to orange color, azonate pileus, creamy white milk, crowded gills, sub-cylindric to sub-fusiform pleuromacrocystidia, cheilocystidia and globose to subglobose reticulated spores.

Lactifluus indovolemus sp. nov. and two new records in the Lactifluus volemus complex (Basidiomycota, Russulaceae) from India

“…However, L. oedematopus (described from Europe) differs from L. indovolemus by possessing smaller basidiomata (pileus 30–70 mm diam. ), fine wrinkles (smooth in L. indovolemus ) on pilear surface and longer pleurolamprocystidia (50–120 × 7–11 μm) (Van de Putte et al ). Lactifluus distantifolius (described from Thailand) has distant (4–5 l + l cm −1 ) lamellae [lamellae are crowded (14 l + l cm −1 ) in L. indovolemus ] and L. longipilus possesses long (10–130 × 3–6.5 µm) terminal pileal hairs (pileal hair is 14.7–32 × 3.1–5.6 µm in L. indovolemus ) (Van de Putte ).…”

“…Lactifluus sect. Lactifluus (Van de Putte et al , Das et al , De Crop et al ), (b) BLAST (Altschul et al 1997) searches in the public database GenBank (Clark et al ) and (c) four sequences derived from our four collections. Multiple sequence alignment was performed using MAFFT ver.…”

“…Based on similarities (with European materials) in basic morphological features of specimens from different continents, mycologists started reporting the existence of this species from various areas/localities/continents and agreed that L. volemus had a wide intercontinental range of distribution. Apart from Europe, the species was also reported from Guatemala, Mexico, North America and Asia (Hesler and Smith 1979, Saini and Atri 1984, Montoya et al 1996, Das and Sharma 2005, Le 2007, Shimono et al 2007, Wang 2007, Khan and Sher 2016. However, a rather different picture was uncovered when morpho-taxonomical examination was supplemented with concordance of multiple gene genealogies (Van de Putte et al 2010, 2013, Verbeken et al 2012).…”

Physicochemical, microbiological, rheological, and sensory properties of yoghurts with new polysaccharide extracts from Lactarius volemus Fr. using three probiotics

“…Several studies reported Lactarius volemus Fr. (LVF) to be a good source of dietary fibre, protein, amino acid, fat and minerals (Khan and Sher ). The main components of LVF can be used as a primary probiotic growth factor.…”