346 POISONOUS AND EDIBLE FUNGI 



color ranges from saffron yellow to orange. The caps are plane 

 to centrally depressed. The gills are decurrent, of the same color 

 as the cap, and narrowed at each end. The stipes are firm, smooth, 

 and solid, tend to be excentric, and are darker near the base. 



Clitocybe dealbata yar. sudorifica. Clusters of fructifications of 

 this fungus, also called C. sudorifica, occur on lawns or on other 

 grassy sites. They are % to 1 Y s in. tall, and the caps are % to 1 % 

 in. broad. The color throughout is grayish white. The caps are 

 plane, depressed, or umbilicate, and the margin splits irregularly. 

 The stipes have a spongy center. The gills are thin, narrow, and 

 adnate or slightly decurrent. A few cases of poisoning have also 

 been attributed to C. vwrbrfera and C. nebulosus. 



Lactarius torrmnosus. When the fructifications of Lactarius 

 are broken, a milky or colored juice exudes. This characteristic 

 serves to distinguish Lactarius from all other ^ill-bearingr fungi. 

 The flesh is always very brittle. Lactarius torminosus occurs on 

 the ground in woods in late summer. The fructifications occur 

 singly. They are 2 to 4 in. tall with a pileus of approximately the 

 same breadth. They are convex and depressed in the center. The 

 gills are crowded, thin, and whitish. The stipe is cylindrical, even, 

 and hollow. The milk is white, unchangeable, and acrid. The 

 pilei have an uneven mixture of pink and ochre colors and are 

 very hairy at the margins. 



Russula emetica. Species of Russula are at once separated from 

 Lactarius by the absence of milky juice, although they resemble 

 Lactarius in all other respects. Russula emetica fruits during sum- 

 mer and autumn. It is a very beautiful and very fragile species. 

 The fructifications are 2 to 4 in. tall, and the cap is equally broad. 

 They are pink when young and darker red when older. The 

 stipes are stout and spongy within. The caps are plane to de- 

 pressed and are furrowed near the margin. The gills are free, 

 broad, not crowded, and white. 



Pholiota autuiunalis. Species of Pholiota are ochre-spored. 

 They possess an annulus, and the gills are adnate. Pholiota auturn- 

 nalis fruits on decaying wood. The fructifications are clustered 

 and are 1 to 2 in. tall. The caps are convex, cinnamon-rufous to 

 dingy yellow, and striate on the margin. The stipes are slender, 

 fibrillose, hollow, and somewhat paler than the cap. 



hwcybe bifida. Ochre-spored species with a fibrillose uni- 

 versal veil are included in Inocybe. hwcybe infida occurs on 



