A new species, named Lactarius hrdovensis Škubla, is described from the Západné Tatry Mts., Slovakia. The bright violet-coloured carpophores with a significant papillate umbo and yellow-whitish milk, grew among Sphagnum under Betula and Salix near a Picea forest margin. Lactarius hrdovensis belongs to section Uvidi (Konrad) Bon, subsection Uvidini Konrad. A description of macro– and microcharacters, colour photograph of fresh carpophores and line drawings of microcharacters are provided.
Škubla P. (2006): Lactarius hrdovensis, a new species of section Uvidi from Slovakia. – Czech Mycology 58(1-2): 67–74.
