Laticifers are characteristic for ectomycorrhizae of Lactarius species. In most species, lacticifers of fresh ectomycorrhizae can be seen as distinct veins through the mantle. In a few species, they cannot be discerned – due to their thinness or the the scarcity of their latex – as it is true of ectomycorrhizae of any other fungal genus.

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