I02 AGARICINI. 



Spores white or yellowish, globose or elliptical. The milk 

 agarics are an easily recognized family from the milky juice 

 they contain, their shape and texture. The Russula is the 

 only famil}^ that might be mistaken for a milk agaric, but the 

 juice at once proves its place. 



The pileus in some species is beautifully zoned, a good mark 

 for a specific distinction. The stem is short and thick, smooth 

 and even. Several species are edible, while others are acrid 

 and more or less poisonous, but I never heard of a case of 

 poisoning from this family. The reason is that the poisonous 

 species are too peppery to be eaten, and 3'et one of the most 

 acrid is now said to be edible. 



I/, uvidus. Fr. Moist Lactarius. 



Pileus, at first convex, two to three inches broad, fleshy, 

 depressed, somewhat zoned, viscid when wet, pale, rusty, 

 cinereous, with a shade of lilac, speckled with small watery 

 spots. 



Gills, paler than pileus, decurrent, the short ones very 

 obtuse, and truncate behind, connected by veins. 



Stem, two inches high, one-fourth to one-half inch thick, 

 spongy, at length hollow, strigose at the base, the whole plant 

 white when cut, turning to a beautiful lilac. 



Scarce throughout the Valley. Growing in moist localities. 



ly. SCrobiculatUS. Fr. Spotted-stem Lactarius. 



Pileus, convex, centrally depressed, viscid when moist, 

 reddish yellow, the margin at first involute, spreading tomen- 

 tose. 



Gills, adnate or slightly decurrent, whitish. 



Stem, equal, hollow, adorned by pits of a darker color. 



Spores, white, juice white, then yellowish. 



