Lactarius tabidus. Photo credit: Jan Borovička
Lactarius tabidus Fr. 1825
Lactarius tabidus is a fungus frequent in temparate and boreal forests in Europe with some records in North America and Asia. Within its range, it prefers moderately acidic soils in cooler areas (https://globalfungi.com). This is an ectomycorrhizal fungus symbiotic with spruce, pine and birch trees that tends to prefer wet soils, including those of peatland forests. The species was used in studies focusing on mycovirus population structure in boreal forests (Vainio et al., 2017, Sutela and Vainio, 2020).
References:
- Sutela, S., Vainio, E.J., 2020. Virus population structure in the ectomycorrhizal fungi Lactarius rufus and L. tabidus at two forest sites in Southern Finland. Virus Research 285, 197993.
- Vainio, E.J., Pennanen, T., Rajala, T., Hantula, J., 2017. Occurrence of similar mycoviruses in pathogenic, saprotrophic and mycorrhizal fungi inhabiting the same forest stand. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 93(3):10.1093/femsec/fix003.
