Indigo Milk Cap vs mountain gorilla

Lactarius indigo compared with Gorilla beringei

Key Differences

• Indigo Milk Cap is Not Evaluated while mountain gorilla is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Indigo Milk Cap	mountain gorilla
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Russulales (Russulales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Russulaceae	Hominidae (Great Apes)
Genus	Lactarius	Gorilla (Gorillas)
Species	Lactarius indigo	Gorilla beringei

Conservation Status

Indigo Milk Cap

NE — Not Evaluated

mountain gorilla

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Indigo Milk Cap	mountain gorilla
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.

mountain gorilla

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.