CLASSIFICATION OP AOARIl 

 61. Lactarius torminosus Fr. PoiSONOi 



Syst Myc., L821. 



illustrations: Fries. Sverig. Svamp., PL 28. 



Cooke, in., im. !>7i\ 



Gillet, Champignons de Prance, No. 395. 

 Michael, Fiihrer l'. PUzfreunde, Vol. I. No. 38. 

 Hani, Mushrooms, Fig. L27, p. L65, L908. 



Atkinson. Musi ins. Fig. I Is, p. 1 l'.i, L900. 



Ricken, Blatterpilze, PI. 9, Fig. 3. 



PILEUS fc-10 tin. broad, convex, depressed to subinfundibuli- 

 form, viscid wlieu young or moist, ochraceus-buff tinged with r< 

 thsh color, spotted-zoned, sometimes paler and azonate, margin at 

 first involute and persistently tomemtose-TuUry or fringed, disk 

 glabrous. FLESH rather soft, thick, white or tinged incarnate. 

 <;ILLS deeurrent, narrow, thin, close, some forked at base, whitish 

 to creamy, at length incarnate or redd isj^i/d low. STEM 3-6 cm. 

 long, 1.5-2 cm. thick, short, equal or tapering downwards, glabrous 

 or prninose, even, stuffed then hollow, flesh-color, paler below, some 

 times spotted. SPORES ''elliptical, echinulate, 8 L0x6-8 micr., 

 white.'' (Burl.) MILK white, uncJumging, very acrid. Poisonous. 



Gregarious. On the ground in mixed forests of lurch and hemlock. 

 etc., and in frondose woods of oak', maple, elm, etc. 



Throughout the state, from the southern limits to tsle Royale. 

 July-September. Frequent. 



Known by the tomentose-fringed margin of the pileus, the zoi 

 on the surface, the white, acrid milk which remains unchanged, and 

 the pinkish-yellow or ochraceus color. It must be carefully dis- 

 tinguished from the edible species like L. deUoiosus. It is usually 

 much paler than the latter, but occasionally approaches it in its 

 colors, and L. deliciosus has colored milk and the margin of pileut 

 naked. L. torminosus is poisonous, yet the Russian peasants 

 said to preserve it and ea1 it seasoned with oil and vinegar. 



62. Lactarius cilicioides Fr. (P 0TJ8 



Byst. Myc, L821. 



Illustration: Cooke, 111.. PI. 973. 



"PILEUS HO cm. broad, broadly conves or nearly plane, m 



