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Lactarius scoticus Berk. & Broome, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. Ser. 5 [Notices of British Fungi No. 1783] 3: 208 (1879)

Lactarius pubescens var. scoticus (Berk. & Broome) Krieglst., Beitr. Kenntn. Pilze Mitteleur. 7: 69 (1991)

Habitat: On peaty soil, associated with Betula spp.

Notes: Known in Britain only from the type collection, which is in poor condition, and a collection from Fife (Corl Den) in 2003.

Distribution: S: !

Vouchers:

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 365
D+I:, in Heilmann-Clausen, J., Verbeken, A. & Vesterholt, J., Fungi of Northern Europe: The genus Lactarius 2: 287 pp. (1998), p. 162-163
D+I:, in Basso, M.T., Fungi Europaei 7: Lactarius Pers. 7: 845 pp. (1999), p. 385-390
I:, in Lange, J.E., Flora Agaricina Danica 5: 105 pp. (1940), as Lactarius torminosus var. gracillimus, pl. t.169E

Conservation Status: Extinct (Red Data List, Ing 1992); Vulnerable / D2 (Red Data List, Evans et al. 2006)

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