Agaricaceae 



Lactarius. Our plant has the pileus pale yellow or straw color, and sometimes 

 nearly white, but European forms have been described as having it 

 orange-yellow and brick-red. It is generally, though often obscurely, 

 zonate. The zones are ordinarily more distinct near the margin, where 

 they are occasionally very narrow and close. The milk in the Green- 

 bush specimens had a thin, somewhat watery appearance. Peck, 38th 

 Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey. July to September. Com- 

 mon in mixed woods and grassy places. Mcllvaine. 



Edible. Cordier, Curtis. 



L. insulsus is another peppery member of Lactarius which has 

 suffered unjustly. I have eaten it since iSSi, and think it the best of 

 the hot milk species. Its flesh is not as coarse as others, and is of 

 better flavor. There is little difference in quality between it and L. 

 deliciosus. 



L. hys'ginus Fr. Gr. a crimson dye. PileilS 2-3 in. broad, rigid, 

 at first convex, then nearly plane, umbilicate or slightly depressed, even, 

 viscid, zoneless or rarely obscurely zonate, reddish-incarnate, tan-color 

 or brownish-red, becoming paler with age, the thin margin inflexed. 

 Gills close, adnate or subdecurrent, whitish, becoming yellowish or 

 cream-colored. Stem 1-2 in. long, 4-8 lines thick, equal, glabrous, 

 stuffed or hollow, colored like the pileus, or a little paler, sometimes 

 spotted. Milk white, taste acrid. 



Woods. Sandlake and Canoga, N. Y. July and August. Not 

 common. 



The reddish hue of the pileus distinguishes this species from its allies. 

 The gluten or viscidity of the pileus in our specimens was rather tena- 

 cious and persistent. Peck, 38th Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Spores subglobose, whitish on black paper, yellowish on white paper, 

 9-io/A Peck; 10x7-8/4 Massee. . 



Mt. Gretna, Pa., 1897. Mixed woods. August, September. 



Not very acrid. The entire acridity disappears in cooking Several 

 specimens were found and eaten, enough to prove it esculent and of 

 good quality. 



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