Bishop's goutweed vs Mountain Milkcap

Aegopodium podagraria compared with Lactarius salicis-reticulatae

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bishop's goutweed	Mountain Milkcap
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Apiales (Apiales)	Russulales (Russulales)
Family	Apiaceae	Russulaceae
Genus	Aegopodium	Lactarius
Species	Aegopodium podagraria	Lactarius salicis-reticulatae

Conservation Status

Bishop's goutweed

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Milkcap

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bishop's goutweed	Mountain Milkcap
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bishop's goutweed

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Armenia, Japan), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Mountain Milkcap

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Bishop's goutweed

The Bishop's goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria) is a species in the genus Aegopodium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.