Indigo Milk Cap vs Lesser Naked Bat

Lactarius indigo compared with Cheiromeles parvidens

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

Indigo Milk Cap

NE — Not Evaluated

Lesser Naked Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Indigo Milk Cap	Lesser Naked 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 Naked Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.