Leucosporae 



L. blen'nius Fr. Gr. slimy. Pileus 3-5 in. across. Flesh thick, Lactarius. 

 firm ; soon expanded and more or , p , . 



less depressed, glutinous, dingy 

 greenish-gray, often more or less 

 zoned with drop-like markings ; mar- 

 gin at first incurved and downy. 

 Gills slightly decurrent, crowded, 

 narrow, whitish or with an ochrace- 

 ous tinge. Stem 1-2 in. long, up to 



I in. thick at the apex, where it ex- LACTARIUS BLENNIUS. 



pands into the thick flesh Of the pi- About one-fourth natural size. 



leus, often attenuated at the base, viscid, colored like the stem or paler, 

 soon hollow. Milk persistently white, very acrid. Spores subglobose, 



In woods, on the ground, very rarely on trunks. 



L. turpis somewhat resembles the present species but differs in the 

 darker olive-brown pileus and the yellow down on the incurved margin, 

 especially when young. Massee. 



Pileus 2-4 in. broad, fleshy, rarely subzonate, convex, the margin 

 generally involute and adpresso-tomentose (quite smooth, Fries}; at 

 length more or less depressed, dull cinereous-green, at first viscid, more 

 or less pitted. Milk white, not changeable. Gills rather narrow, pale 

 ochraceous, scarcely forked, not connected by veins. Stem i in. long, 

 %% in. thick, paler than the pileus, attenuated downward, obtuse, 

 smooth, at length hollow, sometimes pitted, very acrid. Berk. 



Edible. Coarse. 



**LlMACl'Nl. Pileus viscid, etc, 



L. insul'sus Fr. tasteless. Pileus 2-4 in. broad, convex and um- 

 bilicate, then funnel-shaped, glabrous, viscid, more or less zonate , yellow- 

 ish, the margin naked. Gills thin, close, adnate or decurrent, some of 

 them forked at the base, whitish or pallid. Stem 1-2 in. long, 4-6 

 lines thick, equal or slightly tapering downward, stuffed or hollow, 

 whitish or yellowish, generally spotted. Spores 7-6-gp-. Milk white, 

 taste acrid. 



Thin woods and open, grassy places. Greenbushand Sandlake, N.Y. 

 July and August. 



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