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Red or Pink. 



with the margin bent inward, depressed, at 

 length marked with lines like a river (rimose). 

 Flesh white, turning brown. Stem 2 to 3 

 inches long, § to 1J inch thick, stout, stuffed, 

 then hollow, paler at apex, with a bloom, same 

 color as cap, with lengthwise lines. Gills 

 adnato-decurrent, yellowish turning ochrace- 

 ous, broad, thin, crowded, milk sweet and 

 plentiful. Stevenson says that the taste of this 

 Lactarius is delicious, that it is savory even 

 when raw. It should not be kept too long be- 

 fore cooking, or it will emit a strong, unpleas- 

 ant odor. It is abundant in chestnut or oak 

 woods from July to September. Our specimen 

 was much wrinkled on the margin. The milk 

 was abundant. (Edible.) 



LACTARIUS ICHORATUS = lymph. 

 The Colorless Lactarius. 



The name of this species is given on account 

 of the color of the milk (Stevenson). Cap a 

 tawny pinkish-red color, 3 to 4 inches broad, 

 zoned, piano-depressed, margin often wavy, 

 dry, flesh creamy white or pallid. Stem 1 J to 

 3 inches long, thick, solid, afterward spongy, 

 equal, smooth, the same color as the cap, lighter 



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