Leucosporse 



becoming brownish where wounded. Stem I-I-5 in. long, 3-5 lines Lactarius. 

 thick, short, equal or tapering downward, solid, but somewhat spongy 

 within, colored like the pileus. Spores globose, /.6/A broad. 



Dry woods. East Milton, Mass. August. H. Webster. 



This species is related to Lactarius volemus and L. hygrophoroides, 

 but its smaller size and short stem will distinguish it from the former 

 and its close gills from the latter. Its paler buff-color will separate it 

 from both. Some specimens have a narrow encircling furrow or de- 

 pressed zone near the margin and a slightly darker shade of color on 

 the margin. The milk constitutes a remarkable feature of the species. 

 According to the notes of the collector it is exceedingly copious, rather 

 sticky, serous in character with white particles in suspension. It flows 

 from many points as soon as the plant is disturbed and it stains the gills. 

 It is impossible to collect an unstained specimen, so free is the flow of 

 the milk. He, Mr. Webster, says: "I have never succeeded in pick- 

 ing a specimen so quietly as to prevent an instant and copious flow of 

 its milk." Torrey Bull., Vol. 23, No. 10, 1896. 



Angora, West Philadelphia, August, 1897. In oak woods. August, 

 September . Mcllvaine . 



Quite frequent there. My attention was directed to it by the "nar- 

 row encircling furrow or depressed zone near the margin." 



It is of like quality to L. volemus. 



L. Gerar'dii Pk. PileilS 1.5-4 m - broad, broadly convex plane or 

 slightly depressed, dry, generally rugose-wrinkled, with or without a 

 small umbo or papilla, dingy-brown, the thin spreading margin some- 

 times flexuous lobed or irregular. Gills distant, adnate or decurrent, 

 white or whitish, the interspaces generally uneven. Stem 1-2 in. long, 

 3-6 lines thick, subequal, stuffed or hollow, colored like the pileus. 

 Spores globose, white, 9-1 1.3^. Milk white, unchangeable, taste mild. 



W 7 oods and open places. Poughkeepsie, W. R. Gerard. Green- 

 bush, Sandlake and Croghan, N. Y. July to September. 



This Lactarius closely resembles the Sooty lactarius in color, but dif- 

 fers from it in its more distant gills, white spores and constantly mild 

 taste. Wounds of the flesh and gills do not become pinkish-red as in 

 that plant. From L. hygrophoroides its darker color, hollow stem and 

 more globose rougher spores separate it. Peck, 38th Rep. N. Y. State 

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