Search Results for: Zea mays var. saccharata
and confirm, for north america, five gerardii-like species. three of these appear to line up with traditional morphological species: lactarius gerardii var. fagicola, lactarius subgerardii, and lactarius petersenii. the problem is, the other two phylogenetic species represent hodge-podges containing
(with no rhyme or reason) specimens identified as lactarius gerardii, lactarius atro-olivaceus, and lactarius gerardii var. subrubescens. apparently, the pink to red staining that ostensibly separated var. subrubescens does not predict genetic difference and, more troubling, the morphological features...
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