LACTARIUS. 105 



I^. volemus. Fr. 



Pileus, compact, rigid, plane depressed, obtuse, dry, 

 golden tawny, at length riraoso-rivulose. 



Gills, crowded, white, then yellow. 



Stem, solid, hard, blunt, pruinose, generally curved like a 

 pear stem. 



From volema pira, a kind of a pear, from shape of stem. This is a 

 very common species, of a beautiful rich brown. Milk white. Very 

 abundant and mild. Edible. 



I/, corrugis. Pk. 



Pileus, convex, plane, expanded, corrugated, dry, bay 



brown ; margin at first involute. 



Gills, adnexed, broad, yellowish. 



Stem, curt, concolor with the pileus. 



The corrugated Lactarius. In appearance it is ahnost similar to L. 

 volemus but differs by the wrinkled pileus ; lighter in color and larger 

 in size. 



ly. subdulcis. Fr. 



Pileus, thin, papillate, convex, then depressed and polished, 

 even, zoneless, rufous- cinnamon. 



Gills, fragile, rufous, crowded adnate. 



Stem, stuffed, then hollow, equal, slightly contracted at 



the apex, pruinose, rufous. 



The subsweet lactarius is one of our common fungi. It makes its 

 appearance early in the season and lasts until late in fall. It is not of a 

 large size, of dull brown color, with a contracted stipe at apex. The 

 milk is not abundant. Edible. Cosmopolitan. 



I/, camphoratus. Fr. 



Pileus, fleshy, rather thin, depressed, dry, lightly zoned in 

 color, smooth, brownish-red. 



Gills, crowded, yellowish, red, adnate. 



