New taxa, combinations and typifications ........................ 6
Preface ......................................................... 7
Introduction .................................................... 8
Acknowledgements ............................................ 8
Material and methods ........................................ 9
The genus Lactarius ............................................ 11
Macroscopical characters ................................... 12
Microscopical characters ................................... 17
Infrageneric classification ................................ 23
Ecology .................................................... 28
Edible and poisonous species ............................... 30
Key to the species ............................................. 31
Descriptions and illustrations of the species .................. 42
Data on studied and illustrated material ...................... 256
Colour references ............................................. 268
Data on geographical distribution ............................. 270
Literature .................................................... 274
Index ......................................................... 282
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