Indigo Milk Cap vs Lesser Ghost Bat

Lactarius indigo compared with Diclidurus scutatus

Key Differences

• Indigo Milk Cap is Not Evaluated while Lesser Ghost Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Indigo Milk Cap	Lesser Ghost Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Russulales (Russulales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Russulaceae	Emballonuridae
Genus	Lactarius	Diclidurus
Species	Lactarius indigo	Diclidurus scutatus

Conservation Status

Indigo Milk Cap

NE — Not Evaluated

Lesser Ghost Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Indigo Milk Cap	Lesser Ghost Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Indigo Milk Cap

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and United States.

Lesser Ghost Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.