Guide to the Mushrooms 87 



Volva. — None. 



Odor.—^IM. 



Taste. — Mild. 



Habitat. — Woods and pastures, growing singly, 

 verv common from June to Nov. in all sections of 

 the^U. S. 



Edible. — Requires slow, gentle cooking. 



LACTARIUS piperatus (Fr.) from piper a 

 pepper. 



Cap. — 4 to 9 inches broad, wlien young convex, 

 when fully grown funnel-shaped, iirm, dry, white, 

 and smooth; margin at first curved in over the gills, 

 later wavy. 



Flesh. — Thick, white. The flesh of the genus 

 lactarius contains a milky fluid wliich exudes, when- 

 ever the fungus is bruised or broken. The milk of 

 the piperatus is white, changing very slowly to a 

 yellow and is very plentiful and pepjDer^^ to the 

 taste. 



Gills. — Crowded, narrow, thicker at the edge, 

 white, with here and there yellow spots, where the 

 milk has stained the gills. 



Spores. — Nearly globular, white. 



Stem. — I to 2 inches long, 1 to 2 inches thick, 

 solid, generally equal, white. 



Ring. — None. Volva. — None. 



Odor. — None. Taste. — Acrid. 



Habitat. — In woods from July to Oct., growing 

 singly; common in New Eng. 



Edible. — With cooking the acrid taste disappears. 



