GILL FUNGI 39 



more or less funnel-form; stem stout, 4-8 cm. by 1-2 cm., colored like the cap or 

 somewhat paler, smooth, stuffed, finally hollow; gills decurrent, deep yellow, 

 narrow and crowded; spores globoid, spiny, 7-lU/x. Cap, stem and gills turn 

 orange, and then green wherever wounded ; milk orange, fragrant. The name 

 refers to the edible properties. 



Common on the ground in woods, July to October; one of the best of edible 



fungi. 



Lactarius chrysorrheus Golden Flow 



Cap medimii to large, 5-18 cm. wide, yellowish, tinged with pink or red, 

 more or less zoned or marked with dark spots, little or not at all sticky, depressed 

 and finally more or less funnel-form; stem stout, 4-8 cm. by 1-2 cm., paler than 

 the cap, or whitish, smooth, stuffed or hollow ; gills decurrent, yellowish, crowded ; 

 spores globose, l-S/x ; milk white, then golden, biting. The name refers to the 

 golden milk. 



On the ground in woods from July to frost ; not known to be edible. 



Lactarius vellereus Downy Lactarius 



Cap medium to large, 5-15 cm. wide, white or whitish, velvety or downy, zone- 

 less, plane to depressed or funnel-form ; stem short and very stout, 3-6 cm. by 

 2-4 cm., whitish, finely hairy, solid ; gills decurrent, whitish, then more or less 

 yellowish, distant ; spores ellipsoid, scarcely spiny, 8-9 X 5ju. ; milk white, biting. 

 The name refers to the downy cap. 



On the ground in woodland and grassland, summer and autumn ; often reputed 

 poisonous, but eaten by Mcllvaine and others. 



Lactarius torminosus Shaggy Lactarius 

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Cap small to large, 2-14 cm., yellowish or tan. tinged with pink or red, 

 sometimes zoned or spotted, the margin shaggy with long hairs, which often 

 extend over the cap, depressed to funnel-form ; stem short and stout, 3-6 cm. 

 by 1-2 cm., whitish, finely hairy, hollow; gills decurrent, whitish, spotted with 

 yellow or pink, crowded; spores globoid, spiny, 10-12 X 8ju.; m i 1 k white, acrid. 

 The name refers to the supposed poisonous effects. 



Common on ground in woods, more or less hidden beneath the leaves, during 

 summer and autumn ; reputed to be poisonous, but this is disputed by many. 



Lactarius insulsus Tasteless Lactarius 



Cap medimn, 5-10 cm. wide, yellowish, sticky, more or less zoried, . plane to 

 depressed, then funnel-shaped; stem stout, 4-8 cm. by 1-2 cm., whitish or yellow- 

 ish, somewhat spotted, hollow; gills decurrent, whitish, crowded ; sp o r e s glo- 

 boid, 7-9/a; milk white, acrid. The name means tasteless. 



In woodland and grassland, late summer and autumn ; edible. , 



