Indigo Milk Cap

Lactarius indigo

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Global

Abstract

Indigo Milk Cap Lactarius indigo has most recently been assessed for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2024. Lactarius indigo is listed as Least Concern.

The Red List Assessment i

Bachman, S., Svahnström, V. & Canteiro, C. 2025. Lactarius indigo. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T260333143A260410135. Accessed on 13 December 2025.

Last assessed

30 May 2024

Scope of assessment

Global

Population trend

Stable

Number of mature individuals

Habitat and ecology

Geographic range

  • Extant (resident)

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2024. Lactarius indigo. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-2

Assessment Information

Global Assessment

IUCN Red List Category and Criteria - Global Assessment

Least Concern  

Date assessed

30 May 2024

Year published

2025

Assessment Information in detail

Geographic Range

Native

Extant (resident)

Belize; Canada (Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan); Colombia (Colombia (mainland)); Costa Rica (Costa Rica (mainland)); El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras (Honduras (mainland)); India (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir, Uttaranchal); Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, México Distrito Federal, México State, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatán, Zacatecas); Nicaragua (Nicaragua (mainland)); Panama; United States (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin)

Number of locations

Upper elevation limit

Lower elevation limit

Geographic Range in detail

Population

Current population trend

Stable

Number of mature individuals

Population severely fragmented

No

Continuing decline of mature individuals

Population in detail

Habitat and Ecology

System

Habitat type

Forest

Generation length (years)

Congregatory

Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat

Habitat and Ecology in detail

Threats

Threats in detail

Use and Trade

Use and Trade in detail

Conservation Actions

Conservation Actions in detail

Bibliography

Red List Bibliography

External Data

CITES Legislation from Species+

Data source

The information below is from the Species+ website.

CITES Legislation from Species+ in detail

Ex situ data from Species360

Data source

The information below is from Species360's Zoological Information Management System (ZIMS)

Ex situ data from Species360 in detail

Studies and Actions from Conservation Evidence

Data source

The information below is from the Conservation Evidence website.

Studies and Actions from Conservation Evidence in detail