Leucosporae 



L. flimo'silS Pk. PileilS 1.5-2.5 in. broad, firm, convex, then ex- Lactarius. 

 panded and slightly depressed in the center, smooth, dry, smoky-brown 

 or sordid-white. Gills close, adnate or slightly rounded behind, white, 

 then yellowish. Stem 3-5 lines thick, firm, short, smooth, stuffed, 

 generally tapering downward. Spores distinctly echinulate, yellow, 6[* 

 in diameter. Flesh and Milk white; taste at first mild, then acrid. 



Plant 1-5-2 in. high. 



Grassy ground in open woods. Greenbush. July. 



The peculiar smoky hue of the pileus and yellow spores enable this 

 species to be easily recognized. The flesh when wounded slowly 

 changes to a dull pinkish-color. Related to L. fuliginosus. Peck, 24th 

 Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



**!MPOLITI. Pileus downy, etc. 



L. ru'fllS Fr. red. PileilS 2-4 in. broad, convex and centrally 

 depressed, then funnel-shaped, generally with a small umbo, glabrous, 

 sometimes slightly floccose or pubescent when young, especially on the 

 margin, zoneless, bay-red or brownish-red, shining. Gills narrow or 

 moderately broad, sometimes forked, close, subdecurrent, yellowish or 

 reddish. Stem 2-4 in. long, 3-5 lines thick, nearly equal, firm, stuffed, 

 paler than or colored like the pileus. Spores white, 7.6-10^. Milk 

 white, taste very acrid. 



Low woods and swamps. North Elba. August. Rare. 



The red Lactarius is known by its rather large size, dark-red pileus 

 and intensely acrid taste. It has been found but once in our state. The 

 flesh is pinkish and the stem sometimes pruinose. It is designated by 

 authors as very poisonous and extremely poisonous. Cordier even says 

 that worms never attack it. Peck, 38th Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Massachusetts, Frost; New York, Peck, Rep. 23, Rep. 38. 



I have not recognized this species. It is given as markedly 

 POISONOUS. 



L. glycios'mus Fr. Gr. sweet; Gr. scent. Pileus Yz-\% in. 

 broad, thin, convex nearly plane or depressed, often with a small umbo 

 or papilla, minutely squamulose, ash-colored, grayish-brown or smoky- 

 brown, sometimes tinged with pink, the margin even or slightly and 

 distinctly striate. Gills narrow, close, adnate or decurrent, whitish or 



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