CLASSIFICA riON OP AGARICS 



Michael, LTiihrer f. Pilzfreunde, Vol. I. No. 

 Hard, Mushrooms, Pig. I 12, p. 1 79. 

 Plate X 1 1 of this Report. 



PILEUS 5 i 2 tin. broad, firm, convex then expaudeddepressed, 

 plane or obtuse, dry, azonate, glabrous, even or becoming rh 

 areolate or rivulose, unicolorous, orangt fulvous or broicnish orangt 

 to tan-brown, often pale, margin a1 firsl involute then spreading. 

 FLESH compact, rigid, whitish, sometimes brownish. (JILLS ad 

 nate-decurrent, close, moderately broad, white or yellowish, dai 

 with age or brownish where bruised, somewhal forked. STEM 3-10 

 cm. Long, 1 - cm. thick, subequal, glabrous or pruim 'id, rarely 



cavernous, concolor or paler. SPORES globose, echinu 7 10 



micr., while. MILK white, unchanging, mild, abundant. ODOB 

 slight when fresh, strong on drying. Edible. 



Gregarious or scattered. <>n the ground in frondose w I- and 



open places, throughoul the southern pari of the state. Jul} Sep 

 tember. Common. 



Like /.. deliciosus, this species is very delicious when properly 

 prepared, h ran be cul up and dipped in egg and bread crumbs and 



tried like oysters; it is also excellent when grated and 'hen linked 



ami served on toast. The milk is copious and while. Ii is nol 

 Likely to be confused with others excepl /.. corrugis and /.. hygropho 

 roides, both of which are similarly colored, but as thej are edible no 

 harm results. It must not be confused, however, with /.. ru 

 which is considered poisonous. I have been nnable to find /.. volemus 

 in the coniferous regions of the northern and western parts of the 

 state, although it probably occurs there. 



92. Lactarius corrugis Pk. (Edibli 



X. V. State .Mas. Rep. 32, L880. 



Illustrations: Atkinson, Mushrooms, Pig. ll">. p. ll">. 1900 

 Hard. Mushrooms, Pig. ill. p. 177. 1908. 



I'M. Lis 6-12 cm. broad, firm, convex then depressed-expanded, 

 dry. azonate, minutely velvety (spicules!), corrugaU <>r ru* 

 ulate, dark reddish In-own to rufous tawny, sometimes paler, margin 

 involute at firsl then spreading and arched. PLESB compact, 



while, thick. GILLS adna te-deenrrent . close, BOmewhal narrow, 

 sometimes forking, yellowish-cinnamon, becoming fult* 

 where bruised, provided with dark-colored spicules which 



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