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In woods and on their borders. Common. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Stem li; in. long, 1 in. thick, rarely protracted to 3 in. and then equal. 

 Pileus 3-4 in. broad, zoned, chiefly about the margin, smooth, yellowish 

 brick red, viscid, cuticle slightly separating, margin naked. Flesh firm, 

 pallid ; gills decurrent, forked at the base, whitish, becoming pallid. 



588. Lactazius zonazius. Fr. "Zoned Lactarius." 



Pileus compact, umbilicate, even, viscid, with yellowish zones ; 

 margin involute, naked ; stem solid, short, elastic, even, yel- 

 lowish ; gills crowded, thin, whitish ; milk white, acrid, un- 

 changeable. — Fr. Epicr.p. 336. Bull, t. 10-i. Vaill. L 12, /. 7. 

 Eng.Fl.Y.p.ih. Ventt. 34:,f.4:-6. 



On the borders of woods. Aug. — Oct. Rare. 



[Cincinnati, U.S.] 



Pileus 2-3 in. broad, nearly plane, rufescent from cinereous with brown 

 zones, milk at first white. Stem 1^ in. high, pale. — Fries. Spores 

 minutely echinulate, almost globular, diameter '(K)027 in- 



(Fig. 51, redjjxed.) 



589. Lactarius blennius. Fr. '• Slimy Lactarius." 



Pileus fleshy, depressed, glutinous, often concentrically gut- 

 tate, greenish-grey; margin from the first slightly pubescent; 

 stem stuffed, then hollow, viscid, of the same colour ; gills 

 crowded, white, as well as the acrid milk. — Fr. Epicr. p. 337. 

 Kromh. t. 69,/. 7-9. Krapf. t. 4,/. 11, 13. Sterh. t. 5, F. Fl. Dan. 

 i. 1961,/. 1. ERg.Fl.Y.p.26. Berk, exs.no. S. 



In woods. Common. 



Pileus 2-4 in. broad, fleshy, rarely subzonate, convex, the margin gene- 

 rally involute and adpresso-tomentose, at length more or less depressed, 

 dull cinereous green, at first viscid; more or less pitted. Milk white, not 

 changeable ; gills rather narrow, pale ochraceous, scarcely forked, not con- 

 nected by veins. Stem 1 in. long, ^-J in. thick, paler than the pileus, atten- 

 uated downwards, obtuse, smooth, at length hollow, sometimes pitted ; very 

 acrid.— J/./. 5. Spores sparingly echinulate, "0002 X '0003 in. 



590. Lactarius hysginus. Fr, " Reddish viscid Lactarius." 



Pileus fleshy, rigid, umbilicate, even, viscid, fleshy-red, grow- 

 ing pale; margin thin, inflexed; stem stuffed, then hollow, 

 smooth, rather sjjotted; gills crowded, white, as well as the 

 acrid milk.— Fr.Fj)icr. p. 3S7. Krombh.t.U,/. 15, 16. Eng.Fl. 

 Y.p.26. 



In woods. Aug. — Oct. 



Pileus 4-5 in. broad, pinky or brownish-white, viscid; gills white, yel- 

 lowish with age ; stem 3-4 in. high, | in. thick, solid (then hoUow), white, 

 with a pinky tinge ; juice dilutely milky, very acrid. — With. 



