Grey Milk-Cap vs Ornate Shrew

Lactarius vietus compared with Sorex ornatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Grey Milk-Cap	Ornate 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 ornatus

Conservation Status

Grey Milk-Cap

LC — Least Concern

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Grey Milk-Cap	Ornate 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.

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.