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liciosus and L. volemus. In form these 

 plants are much like a Clitocybe, but the 

 gills are not strictly decurrent. Lactarius 

 deliciosus is yellow buff or light orange 

 mottled with darker spots or zones, and the 

 juice is colored. The plant is often about 

 three inches high or about equal in height 

 to the diameter of the pileus. L, volemus, 

 a somewhat smaller plant, is of uniform 

 color, brown orange, or tawny, with white 

 juice. The Peppery Lactarius (Plate X, 

 b), a large w^hite species, is very acrid. 

 Closely related to Lactarius is the genus 

 Russula. In this genus the milky juice is 

 lacking. Among the various species occur 

 those with pilei white, greenish, violaceous, 

 or red. They are found in our woods in 

 summer and early autumn. Some are edi- 

 ble and some are not. 



Cantharellus cibarius, the Chanterelle 

 (Plate X, a), is one of a group the members 

 of which are barely agarics, for the gills are 

 often almost vein-like, rounded on the mar- 

 gin, and often reticulate. The true Chan- 



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