University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium: Fungi (NCU:Fungi)
NCU-F-0013773
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Lactarius furcatus Coker
Russulaceae
Holotype of Lactarius furcatus Coker. p. 18 in W. C. Coker. 1918. The Lactarias of North Carolina. J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 34: 1-61 plus plates.
Totten, H. R.
2232
1916-06-24
United States, North Carolina, Durham, Bank of New Hope Creek below Chapel Hill-Durham road bridge.
35.943257 -78.975642 +-865m.
Where Old Durham Chapel Hill Rd crosses New Hope Creek. I assume this is the "Durham Bridge."
Milk white, mildly peppery. Photo.
Specimen citation: p. 18 in W. C. Coker. 1918. The Lactarias of North Carolina. J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 34: 1-61 plus plates. Current nomenclature as of July 2018: Multifurca furcata (Coker) Buyck & V. Hofstetter, Multifurca furcata (Coker) Buyck & V. Hofstetter, Fungal Diversity 28: 37 (2008).