Cleland, J.B. (1927), Australian fungi: notes and descriptions. - No. 6. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 51: 302 [tax. nov.]

Verbeken, A., Van de Putte, K. & De Crop, E. (2012), New combinations in Lactifluus. 3. L. subgenera Lactifluus and Piperati. Mycotaxon 120: 448 [basionym]

basionym of: Lactifluus clarkeae (Cleland) Verbeken legitimate

AusFungi (2019), AusFungi 21 Jan. 2019: - FungI [secondary reference]

AusFungi (2023), AusFungi: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Lactarius clarkei Cleland orth. var.

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