The Basidiomycota constitutes a major phylum of the kingdom Fungi and is second in
species numbers to the Ascomycota. The present work provides an overview of all validly …

Background Edible fungi including wild mushrooms have been largely neglected and
underutilized in Africa. Not only is the number of edible species unknown, but the critical role …

Infrageneric relations of the genetically diverse milkcap genus Lactifluus (Russulales,
Basidiomycota) are poorly known. Currently used classification systems still largely reflect …

Fungi are a large and hyper-diverse group with major taxa present in every ecosystem on
earth. However, compared to other eukaryotic organisms, their diversity is largely …

The genus Lactifluus is one of the common ectomycorrhizal fungal taxa in tropical African
forest ecosystems. Recent morphological and anatomical mycological studies based on …

Macro-and micromorphologic study of two milkcaps from Fazao Malfakassa National Park of
Togo is supported by molecular phylogenetic analysis of ITS sequences obtained by the …

Over the last two decades, molecular research strongly influenced and innovated our
traditional view of the order Russulales Kreisel ex PM Kirk, PF Cannon and JC David …

During field work in the Noun division of western Cameroon during 2011, 2012, and 2014,
several collections of an unknown Lactifluus species were discovered in a gallery forest with …

Boletus bicolor commonly known as coloured bolete is a basidiomyctes mushroom species
widely used as a delicacy and its extract has been used traditionally to treat several human …

abstract A look-alike of Lactifluus kigomaensis, described in 2012 from primary miombo
woodlands in the Kigoma Province of northwestern Tanzania, is proposed here as L …