Indigo Milk Cap vs Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse

Lactarius indigo compared with Myomimus personatus

Key Differences

• Indigo Milk Cap is Not Evaluated while Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Indigo Milk Cap	Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Russulales (Russulales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Russulaceae	Gliridae
Genus	Lactarius	Myomimus
Species	Lactarius indigo	Myomimus personatus

Conservation Status

Indigo Milk Cap

NE — Not Evaluated

Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Indigo Milk Cap	Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse
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.

Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.