vs Ouistiti de Maués

Lactarius flavidus compared with Mico mauesi

Key Differences

• is Critically Endangered while Ouistiti de Maués is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Ouistiti de Maués
Kingdom	Fungi (nấm)	Animalia (động vật)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (lớp Thú)
Order	Russulales (Russulales)	Primates (bộ Linh trưởng)
Family	Russulaceae	Callitrichidae
Genus	Lactarius	Mico
Species	Lactarius flavidus	Mico mauesi

Conservation Status

CR — Critically Endangered

Ouistiti de Maués

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Ouistiti de Maués
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and boreal forests and taiga, among 4 distinct biome types within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Ouistiti de Maués

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lactarius flavidus is a gilled mushroom in the milk cap genus with a pale yellowish cap and white to yellowish latex that exudes when cut. It grows in Mediterranean and southern European forests, forming ectomycorrhizal associations with oak and pine trees. This fungus exchanges soil nutrients for photosynthetic sugars with its tree partners.