Grey Milk-Cap vs Pacific Flying Fox

Lactarius vietus compared with Pteropus tonganus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Grey Milk-Cap	Pacific Flying Fox
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Russulales (Russulales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Russulaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Lactarius	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Lactarius vietus	Pteropus tonganus

Conservation Status

Grey Milk-Cap

LC — Least Concern

Pacific Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Grey Milk-Cap	Pacific Flying Fox
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.

Pacific Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.