Lactifluus vellereus

Lactifluus vellereus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Russulales
Family:	Russulaceae
Genus:	Lactifluus
Species:	L. vellereus
Binomial name
Lactifluus vellereus (Fr.) Kuntze (1891)
Synonyms[1]
Agaricus vellereus Fr. (1821) Lactarius vellereus (Fr.) Fr. (1838) Lactarius vellereus var. vellereus (1838) Galorrheus vellereus (Fr.) P.Kumm. (1871)

Lactifluus vellereus Mycological characteristics
	Gills on hymenium
	Cap is depressed
	Hymenium is decurrent
	Stipe is bare
	Spore print is white
	Ecology is mycorrhizal
	Edibility is inedible

Lactifluus vellereus (formerly Lactarius vellereus), commonly known as the fleecy milk-cap, is a quite large fungus in the genus Lactifluus. It is one of the two most common milk-caps found with beech trees, with the other being Lactarius subdulcis.