Indigo Milk Cap vs Ornate Shrew

Lactarius indigo compared with Sorex ornatus

Key Differences

• Indigo Milk Cap is Not Evaluated while Ornate Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Indigo Milk Cap	Ornate Shrew
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Russulales (Russulales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Russulaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Lactarius	Sorex
Species	Lactarius indigo	Sorex ornatus

Conservation Status

Indigo Milk Cap

NE — Not Evaluated

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Indigo Milk Cap	Ornate Shrew
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.

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.