Guide to the Mushrooms 89 



LACTARIUS Subdulcis (Fr.) from the Latin, 

 somewhat sweet. 



Cap. — 1-2 to 2 inches broad, sliglitly convex 

 with tiny umbo, at length ])lane and slightly de- 

 pressed, zoneless, smootii, dry, brownish-red; mar- 

 gin even. 



Flesh. — Thin, fragile, pinkish-gray. 



Milk. — White, not very })lentiful, mild in taste, 

 tardily acrid. 



Gills. — Narrow, thin crowded, siib-deciirrent, col- 

 ored like cap but lighter tinge. 



Spores. — White, oblong. 



Stem. — Up to 1-1- inch tiiick, hollow, colored like 

 pileus, equal, smooth, slightly downy at base. 



Or/or.— J\lild. 



rrt*^^.— Mild. 



Habitat. — In swanij)s and damp ground July to 

 October, very common. 



Edible. 



RUSSULA purpurina (Schulz.), meaning 

 purple. 



Cap. — 1 1-2 to 2 1-2 inches broad, hemispheri- 

 cal, later plane and at last depressed in the center, 

 slightly glutinous in wet weather, skin easily sep- 

 arating from the cap, dark reddish purple paling 

 a little with age; margin thin and even. 



Flesh. — Thick, white, reddish under the skin, 

 very brittle, mild taste. 



