Grey Milk-Cap vs Long-clawed Shrew

Lactarius vietus compared with Sorex unguiculatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Grey Milk-Cap	Long-clawed Shrew
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Russulales (Russulales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Russulaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Lactarius	Sorex
Species	Lactarius vietus	Sorex unguiculatus

Conservation Status

Grey Milk-Cap

LC — Least Concern

Long-clawed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Grey Milk-Cap	Long-clawed Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Grey Milk-Cap

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Long-clawed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.