Indigo Milk Cap vs Painted Woolly Bat

Lactarius indigo compared with Kerivoula picta

Key Differences

• Indigo Milk Cap is Not Evaluated while Painted Woolly Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Indigo Milk Cap	Painted Woolly Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Russulales (Russulales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Russulaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Lactarius	Kerivoula
Species	Lactarius indigo	Kerivoula picta

Conservation Status

Indigo Milk Cap

NE — Not Evaluated

Painted Woolly Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Indigo Milk Cap	Painted Woolly 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.

Painted Woolly Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.